Where does “ria” come from?

ria (Swedish) comes from Finnish riihi, from Proto-Finnic riihi, from Proto-Finnic riŋeše.

ria (Swedish): a dryer, a kiln to dry corn; a traditional...

Definitions

  1. a dryer, a kiln to dry corn; a traditional...

Ancestry of “ria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishriihiA traditional Scandinavian and Russian grain...
2Proto-Finnicriihicabin for drying and threshing grain
3Proto-Finnicriŋeše—
Every word from Proto-Finnic riŋeše →Every word from Proto-Finnic riihi →Every word from Finnish riihi →