Where does “galapagosinriisirattu” come from?
galapagosinriisirattu (Finnish) comes from Finnish riisirattu, 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.
galapagosinriisirattu (Finnish): Galápagos rice rat, Aegialomys galapagoensis,...
Definitions
- Galápagos rice rat, Aegialomys galapagoensis,...
Ancestry of “galapagosinriisirattu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | riisirattu | rice rat |
| 2 | Finnish | riisi | rice; ream; rachitis |
| 3 | Swedish | ris | small shrubs, such as blueberry and lingonberry,... |
| 4 | Old Norse | rís | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | rīs | — |
| 6 | Old French | ris | reef |
| 7 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 8 | Latin | rīsus | laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |