Where does “Ри́га” come from?

Ри́га (Russian) comes from Finnish riihi, from Proto-Finnic riihi, from Proto-Finnic riŋeše.

Ри́га (Russian): threshing barn, rickyard

Definitions

  1. threshing barn, rickyard

Ancestry of “Ри́га”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishriihiA traditional Scandinavian and Russian grain...
2Proto-Finnicriihicabin for drying and threshing grain
3Proto-Finnicriŋeše—

Words derived from “Ри́га”

Every word from Proto-Finnic riŋeše →Every word from Proto-Finnic riihi →Every word from Finnish riihi →