Where does “aval dor melys” come from?
aval dor melys (Cornish) comes from Cornish aval dor, 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 — earth.
aval dor melys (Cornish): sweet potato
Definitions
- sweet potato
Ancestry of “aval dor melys”, step by step
aval dor melys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish aval dor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | aval dor | potato |
| 2 | French | pomme de terre | potato |
| 3 | German | Erdapfel | potato |
| 4 | German | Erde | soil; the ground; a world; a space to live in |
| 5 | Middle High German | erde | earth |
| 6 | Old High German | erda | The Earth; earth, ground, soil |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | erþu | earth, world; earth, soil |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | erþō | earth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |
via Cornish melys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | melys | sweet, sugary |