Where does “patatys melys” come from?

patatys melys (Cornish) comes from Cornish patatys, from English potato, from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata — sweet potato.

patatys melys (Cornish): sweet potato

Definitions

  1. sweet potato

Ancestry of “patatys melys”, step by step

patatys melys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish patatys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishpatatyspotatoes
2EnglishpotatoThe tuber of a plant, "Solanum tuberosum", eaten...
3Spanishpatatapotato; piece of rubbish
4Taínobatatasweet potato

via Cornish melys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishmelyssweet, sugary
Every word from Taíno batata →Every word from Spanish patata →Every word from English potato →