Where does “risengrød” come from?

risengrød (Danish) comes from Danish ris, from Old Norse rís, from Middle Low German rīs, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

risengrød (Danish): rice pudding

Definitions

  1. rice pudding

Ancestry of “risengrød”, step by step

risengrød traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish ris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishrisrice; twig; brushwood
2Old Norserís—
3Middle Low Germanrīs—
4Old Frenchrisreef
5Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
6Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
7Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
8Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

via Danish grød

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishgrødporridge, mash
2Old Norsegrautrporridge
3Proto-Germanicgrautazcoarse, crude; big, large
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα →Every word from Latin rīsus →