Where does “riidenlieko” come from?
riidenlieko (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.
riidenlieko (Finnish): An interrupted clubmoss, "Lycopodium annotinum"
Definitions
- An interrupted clubmoss, "Lycopodium annotinum"
Ancestry of “riidenlieko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |