Where does “рить” come from?

рить (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic ritь, from Proto-Indo-European rēyti-.

рить (Old East Slavic): hoof

Definitions

  1. hoof

Ancestry of “рить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicritьbuttock
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrēyti-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēyti- →Every word from Proto-Slavic ritь →