Where does “рижа” come from?

рижа (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian rizsa, from Hungarian rizs, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

рижа (Serbo-Croatian): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “рижа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianrizsa—
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 →