Where does “rixe” come from?

rixe (French) comes from Latin rixa, from Proto-Indo-European rik-s-eh₂.

rixe (French): brawl, struggle

Definitions

  1. brawl, struggle

Ancestry of “rixe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrixaquarrel, brawl, dispute, contest, strife,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrik-s-eh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rik-s-eh₂Every word from Latin rixa