Where does “ris” come from?
ris (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse rís, from Middle Low German rīs, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.
ris (Norwegian Bokmål): rice; a birch; a bundle of figs used as a...
Definitions
- rice; a birch; a bundle of figs used as a...
Ancestry of “ris”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | rís | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | rīs | — |
| 3 | Old French | ris | reef |
| 4 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 5 | Latin | rīsus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |