Where does “riisiryynipuuro” come from?
riisiryynipuuro (Finnish) comes from Finnish riisiryyni, 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.
Ancestry of “riisiryynipuuro”, step by step
riisiryynipuuro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish riisiryyni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | riisiryyni | rice groat hulled grain of rice |
| 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 | — |