Where does “basmatiriisi” come from?
basmatiriisi (Finnish) comes from Finnish riisi, from Swedish ris, from Old Norse rís, from Middle Low German rīs, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα.
basmatiriisi (Finnish): basmati rice
Definitions
- basmati rice
Ancestry of “basmatiriisi”, step by step
basmatiriisi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish riisi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | riisi | rice; ream; rachitis |
| 2 | Swedish | ris | small shrubs, such as blueberry and lingonberry,... |
| 3 | Old Norse | rís | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | rīs | — |
| 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 | — |
via Hindi बासमती
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | बासमती | basmati rice |
| 2 | Hindi | बास | fragrance |
| 3 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀯𑀲 | — |
| 4 | Ashokan Prakrit | 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 | twenty |
| 5 | Sanskrit | विंशति | twenty, a score |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | HwiHśatí | twenty |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HwiHćati | twenty |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wih₁ḱm̥t | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti | two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten |