Where does “riisiposliininen” come from?
riisiposliininen (Finnish) comes from Finnish riisiposliini, 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.
riisiposliininen (Finnish): made of rice grain porcelain
Definitions
- made of rice grain porcelain
Ancestry of “riisiposliininen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | riisiposliini | rice grain porcelain a type of china porcelain |
| 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 | — |