Where does “أرز” come from?

أرز (Andalusian Arabic) comes from Arabic أَرُّزّ, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

Ancestry of “أرز”, step by step

أرز traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic أَرُّزّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَرُّزّ—
2Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
3Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

via Arabic أَرْز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَرْزcedar; َcedar
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα →Every word from Arabic أَرُّزّ →