Where does “Puffreis” come from?

Puffreis (German) comes from German Reis, from Middle High German rīs, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

Puffreis (German): puffed rice

Definitions

  1. puffed rice

Ancestry of “Puffreis”, step by step

Puffreis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Reis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReisrice; shoot; plural of Real
2Middle High Germanrīs—
3Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
4Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
5Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
6Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

via German puffen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpuffento puff; to nudge
2Middle High Germanbuffen—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →