Where does “Raijin” come from?
Raijin (English) comes from Marshallese raij, from English Rice, from French ris, from Middle French ris, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα.
Raijin (English): The Japanese god of lightning, thunder and storms, along with Fūjin and Susanoo
Definitions
- The Japanese god of lightning, thunder and storms, along with Fūjin and Susanoo
Ancestry of “Raijin”, step by step
Raijin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Marshallese raij
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshallese | raij | rice |
| 2 | English | Rice | Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food |
| 3 | French | ris | reef; laughing, laugh; pleasures |
| 4 | Middle French | ris | — |
| 5 | Old French | ris | reef |
| 6 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 7 | Latin | rīsus | laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |