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