Where does “matriisi” come from?

matriisi (Finnish) comes from Swedish matris, 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.

matriisi (Finnish): matrix

Definitions

  1. matrix

Ancestry of “matriisi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmatrismatrix; rectangular arrangement of terms; matrix;...
2Swedishrissmall shrubs, such as blueberry and lingonberry,...
3Old Norserís
4Middle Low Germanrīs
5Old Frenchrisreef
6Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
7Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
8Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
9Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš

Words derived from “matriisi

Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰišEvery word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζαEvery word from Latin rīsus
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