Where does “hrísgrjónavín” come from?
hrísgrjónavín (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.
hrísgrjónavín (Icelandic): rice wine, sake
Ancestry of “hrísgrjónavín”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |