Where does “pilahviriisi” come from?
pilahviriisi (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.
pilahviriisi (Finnish): rice pilaf
Definitions
- rice pilaf
Ancestry of “pilahviriisi”, step by step
pilahviriisi 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 Finnish pilahvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pilahvi | pilaf; Clipping of pilahviriisi |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پلاو | pilaf, a dish made by browning rice in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth |
| 3 | Classical Persian | پلاو | — |
| 4 | Hindi | पुलाव | pulao |
| 5 | Sauraseni Prakrit | *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | पुलाक | a lump of boiled rice |
| 7 | Dravidian | Dravidian | — |