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

  1. rice; a birch; a bundle of figs used as a...

Ancestry of “ris”, step by step

ris traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse rís

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserís—
2Middle Low Germanrīs—
3Old Frenchrisreef
4Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
5Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
6Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
7Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

via German Ries

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRiesquantity of paper containing 1000 sheets (two ream)
2Italianrismaream; kind, sort
3Arabicرِزْمَةbundle; package

Words derived from “ris”

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