Where does “Risotto” come from?

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

Risotto (German): risotto rice dish

Definitions

  1. risotto rice dish

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
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš
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