Where does “dri” come from?

dri (Réunion Creole French) comes from French riz, from Old Italian riso, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

Ancestry of “dri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrizrice
2Old Italianriso—
3Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
4Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα →Every word from Old Italian riso →