Where does “rīs” come from?

rīs (Middle High German) comes from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

Ancestry of “rīs”, step by step

rīs traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian riso

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

via Old High German rīs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanrīs—
2Old Englishhrīsbranch; twig
3Proto-Germanichrīsątwig; sprig; bush
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kreys-to turn; bend; wind; move; shake; to bend; turn;...

via Old Italian riso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italianriso—
2Byzantine Greekὄρυζα—

Words derived from “rīs”

Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα →Every word from Latin rīsus →