Where does “riisitärkkelys” come from?
riisitärkkelys (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.
riisitärkkelys (Finnish): rice starch
Definitions
- rice starch
Ancestry of “riisitärkkelys”, step by step
riisitärkkelys 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 tärkkelys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tärkkelys | starch |
| 2 | Finnish | tarkka | accurate, exact, precise; particular, pedantic,... |
| 3 | Swedish | stärk | strong |
| 4 | Old Swedish | starker | stiff, rigid; steady; strong |
| 5 | Old Norse | sterkr | strong |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | starkuz | stiff; rigid; strong |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sterkaną | to become stiff, stiffen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterg- | rigid, stiff; to love |