Where does “tetti melys” come from?

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

tetti melys (Cornish): sweet potato

Definitions

  1. sweet potato

Ancestry of “tetti melys”, step by step

tetti melys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish tetti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishtettipotato
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 →