Where does “ris” come from?

ris (Norwegian Nynorsk) 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 Nynorsk): rice; a bundle of sticks or twigs; a spanking

Definitions

  1. rice; a bundle of sticks or twigs; a spanking

Ancestry of “ris”, step by step

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—

Words derived from “ris”

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