risshe
Middle English
/riʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A rush plant of the family Juncaceae or a similar plant.
- The dried and sliced stem of such a plant
- A trifle; something of little import or value.
- (rare) A candle made from rush stems.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English rysc (rush, reed) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ruskijō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ruskijō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ruislip English
- bogrush English
- clubrush English
- downrush English
- goldrush English
- headrush English
- inrush English
- landrush English
- nutrush English
- onrush English
- outrush English
- rush English
- rush toad English
- rushaholic English
- rushbearer English
- rushbearing English
- rushbuckler English
- rushee English
- rusher English
- rushest English
- rusheth English
- rushfoil English
- rushlight English
- rushlike English
- rushy English
- uprush English
- woodrush English
- *resg- Proto-Indo-European
- *ruskijō Proto-Germanic
- ラッシュ Japanese
- rysc Old English