Where does “riigõ” come from?

riigõ (Votic) comes from Russian Ри́га, from Finnish riihi, from Proto-Finnic riihi, from Proto-Finnic riŋeše.

riigõ (Votic): threshing barn, threshing cabin

Definitions

  1. threshing barn, threshing cabin

Ancestry of “riigõ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianРи́гаthreshing barn, rickyard
2FinnishriihiA traditional Scandinavian and Russian grain...
3Proto-Finnicriihicabin for drying and threshing grain
4Proto-Finnicriŋeše—
Every word from Proto-Finnic riŋeše →Every word from Proto-Finnic riihi →Every word from Finnish riihi →