Where does “risotto” come from?

risotto (Finnish) comes from Italian risotto, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

risotto (Finnish): risotto

Definitions

  1. risotto

Ancestry of “risotto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrisottorisotto
2Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
3Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
4Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
5Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

Words derived from “risotto”

Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα →Every word from Latin rīsus →