Where does “Reiskorn” come from?

Reiskorn (German) comes from German kôrn, from Middle High German korn, from Old High German korn, from Proto-West Germanic korn, from Proto-Germanic kurną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Reiskorn (German): grain of rice

Definitions

  1. grain of rice

Ancestry of “Reiskorn”, step by step

Reiskorn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kôrn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankôrnkernel; single grain
2Middle High Germankorn—
3Old High Germankorn—
4Proto-West Germanickorncorn, grain, cereal
5Proto-Germanickurnącorn, grain, cereal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →