Rye

By
Marcus
-
Ripe rye cereal grain plants in agricultural field under blue sky

Secale cereale

Related Terms:
Categories: Food, Homeopathic Medicine, Powder, Tincture
Rye (Wiktionary)

English

Etymology

From Middle English rie, reighe, from Old English ryġe, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrugʰís.

Germanic cognates include Dutch and West Frisian rogge, Low German Rogg, German Roggen, Old Norse rugr (Danish rug, Swedish råg); non-Germanic cognates include Russian рожь (rožʹ) and Latvian

...
« Back to Glossary Index