Where does “irtoriisi” come from?
irtoriisi (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.
irtoriisi (Finnish): non-sticky rice
Definitions
- non-sticky rice
Ancestry of “irtoriisi”, step by step
| 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 | — |