Where does “Ryga” come from?

Ryga (Polish) comes from Italian riga, from Old High German riga, from Proto-Germanic rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyk- — to scratch, cut.

Ryga (Polish): grid paper

Definitions

  1. grid paper

Ancestry of “Ryga”, step by step

Ryga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian riga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrigaline; stripe; parting
2Old High Germanrigaline
3Proto-Germanicrīgǭrow, line
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reyk-to scratch, cut

via Latvian Rīga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianRīgaRiga

Words derived from “Ryga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rīgǭ →Every word from Old High German riga →