Where does “riža” come from?
riža (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian rizsa, from Hungarian rizs, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.
riža (Serbo-Croatian): rice
Ancestry of “riža”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | rizsa | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | rizs | rice |
| 3 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 4 | Latin | rīsus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |