Words that come from Old Norse “rif”

81 words across 27 languages descend from Old Norse rif — including rice, reef, riff, reefer, ricer, forereef, reefal, ricefield.

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English (29)

French (8)

Dutch (7)

Swedish (4)

Esperanto (3)

Tok Pisin (3)

Norman (3)

Irish (2)

Middle English (2)

Old French (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Welsh (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Bislama (1)

Icelandic (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Chuukese (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Pohnpeian (1)

Faroese (1)

Japanese (1)

Zulu (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

German (1)

Finnish (1)