Where does “rini” come from?

rini (Sicilian) comes from Albanian ri, from Proto-Albanian rija, from Latin rixa, from Proto-Indo-European rik-s-eh₂.

rini (Sicilian): kidney; plural of rina

Definitions

  1. kidney; plural of rina

Ancestry of “rini”, step by step

rini traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian ri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianriyoung; new
2Proto-Albanianrija—
3Latinrixaquarrel, brawl, dispute, contest, strife,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrik-s-eh₂—

via Latin rēn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrēnkidney
2Proto-Italichrēn—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰren-soul, mind; mind; an internal part of the body

via Proto-Zapotec *tyene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Zapotec*tyeneblood
2Proto-Zapotecan*tyeneblood
3Proto-Oto-Manguean*ni(n)blood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rik-s-eh₂ →Every word from Latin rixa →Every word from Proto-Albanian rija →