Where does “rizs” come from?

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

rizs (Hungarian): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “rizs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “rizs

Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰišEvery word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζαEvery word from Latin rīsus