Where does “hýðishrísgrjón” come from?
hýðishrísgrjón (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hrísgrjón, from Icelandic hrís, from Old Norse rís, from Middle Low German rīs, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα.
hýðishrísgrjón (Icelandic): brown rice
Definitions
- brown rice
Ancestry of “hýðishrísgrjón”, step by step
hýðishrísgrjón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic hrísgrjón
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | hrísgrjón | a grain of rice; rice; an East Asian person |
| 2 | Icelandic | hrís | brushwood; dwarf birch; rice |
| 3 | Old Norse | rís | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | rīs | — |
| 5 | Old French | ris | reef |
| 6 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 7 | Latin | rīsus | laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |
via Icelandic hýði
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | hýði | peel, skin |