Where does “aval dor” come from?
aval dor (Cornish) comes from French pomme de terre, from German Erdapfel, from German Erde, from Middle High German erde, from Old High German erda, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
aval dor (Cornish): potato
Definitions
- potato
Ancestry of “aval dor”, step by step
aval dor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French pomme de terre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pomme de terre | potato |
| 2 | German | Erdapfel | potato |
| 3 | German | Erde | soil; the ground; a world; a space to live in |
| 4 | Middle High German | erde | earth |
| 5 | Old High German | erda | The Earth; earth, ground, soil |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | erþu | earth, world; earth, soil |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | erþō | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |