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

ris traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse rís

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
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	laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
6	Ancient Greek	ὄρυζα	rice
7	Proto-Iranian	*wrinǰiš	—

via German Ries

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	Ries	quantity of paper containing 1000 sheets (two ream)
2	Italian	risma	ream; kind, sort
3	Arabic	رِزْمَة	bundle; package

Words derived from “ris”

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