Where does “björkris” come from?
björkris (Swedish) comes from Swedish ris, from Old Norse rís, from Middle Low German rīs, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.
björkris (Swedish): severed birch twigs (usually in a bundle in the countable sense – often as decoration (see påskris), a bath broom (bastukvast), or, earlier, for corporal punishment)
Definitions
- severed birch twigs (usually in a bundle in the countable sense – often as decoration (see påskris), a bath broom (bastukvast), or, earlier, for corporal punishment)
Ancestry of “björkris”, step by step
björkris traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish ris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ris | small shrubs, such as blueberry and lingonberry,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | rís | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rīs | — |
| 4 | Old French | ris | reef |
| 5 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 6 | Latin | rīsus | laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |