Where does “risgrøt” come from?
risgrøt (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.
risgrøt (Norwegian Bokmål): rice pudding
Definitions
- rice pudding
Ancestry of “risgrøt”, step by step
risgrøt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål ris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ris | rice; a birch; a bundle of figs used as a... |
| 2 | Old Norse | rís | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rīs | — |
| 4 | Old French | ris | reef |
| 5 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 6 | Latin | rīsus | laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |