Where does “riso” come from?

riso (Mwani) comes from Proto-Bantu ìjícò, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-yíc-.

riso (Mwani): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “riso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuìjícòeye
2Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-yíc-—
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-yíc- →Every word from Proto-Bantu ìjícò →
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