Where does “ria” come from?
Ria comes from Galician ría, from Galician río, from Old Portuguese rio, from Vulgar Latin rius, from Latin rivus meaning stream, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃rih₂wós.
ria (English): A submergent coastal landform, often known as a...
Definitions
- A submergent coastal landform, often known as a...
Ancestry of “ria”, step by step
ria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ria | — |
| 2 | Spanish | ría | mouth of a river, estuary; third-person singular... |
| 3 | Galician | ría | Geographical coastal landform where a river... |
| 4 | Galician | río | river |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | rio | river |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | rius | river |
| 7 | Latin | rīvus | a small stream; brook, stream, rivulet |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rīwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃riH-wó-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reyH- | to move, set in motion |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃er- | to move, to stir; to rise, to spring; to quarrel,... |
via English Maria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Maria | mother of Jesus, in Latin, Spanish, etc. contexts |
| 2 | English | Maré | An adult female horse |
| 3 | Middle English | mare | A horse member of the species |
| 4 | Old English | mare | mare (evil spirit thought to torment people in their sleep) |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | marā | evil spirit, nightmare |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | marǭ | evil spirit; succubus; incubus; nightmare |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mor- | to blacken, to dirty; dirt spot; to rub, pound,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |