Where does “rîsi” come from?

rîsi (Norman) comes from Norman ris, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

rîsi (Norman): to reef

Definitions

  1. to reef

Ancestry of “rîsi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanrisreef; first-person singular preterite of rithe
2Old Frenchrisreef
3Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
4Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
5Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
6Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα →Every word from Latin rīsus →