Where does “rișcașă” come from?

rișcașă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian rizskása, from Hungarian rizs, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

rișcașă (Romanian): rice (Oryza sativa)

Definitions

  1. rice (Oryza sativa)

Ancestry of “rișcașă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianrizskásaporridge made from rice
2Hungarianrizsrice
3Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
4Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
5Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
6Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα →Every word from Latin rīsus →