Where does “rise” come from?

rise (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ris, 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.

rise (Norwegian Bokmål): mountain troll; jotun; to spank

Definitions

  1. mountain troll; jotun; to spank

Ancestry of “rise”, step by step

rise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål ris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålrisrice; a birch; a bundle of figs used as a...
2Old Norserís—
3Middle Low Germanrīs—
4Old Frenchrisreef
5Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
6Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
7Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
8Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

via Old Norse rísa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserísato rise; to come into existence, arise
2Proto-Germanicrīsanąto scale; move vertically; to rise
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rey-to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα →Every word from Latin rīsus →