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
Definitions
- rice wine, sake
Ancestry of “hrísgrjónavín”, step by step
hrísgrjónavín 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 | — |