Where does “kartoffeltysker” come from?
kartoffeltysker (Danish) comes from Danish kartoffel, from German kartoffel, from German Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra — dry.
kartoffeltysker (Danish): Potato German German who settled in the Jutlandic heaths in the mid-1700s
Definitions
- Potato German German who settled in the Jutlandic heaths in the mid-1700s
Ancestry of “kartoffeltysker”, step by step
kartoffeltysker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish kartoffel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | kartoffel | potato; whitey |
| 2 | German | kartoffel | potato |
| 3 | German | Tartüffel | — |
| 4 | Italian | tartufolo | Synonym of tartufo; Synonym of topinambur |
| 5 | Italian | tartufo | truffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | territuberum | — |
| 7 | Latin | terrae | nominative plural of terra; genitive singular of... |
| 8 | Latin | terra | ground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | terzā | earth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ters-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
via Danish tysker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | tysker | German |
| 2 | Danish | tysk | German; the German language |
| 3 | Old Saxon | thiudisc | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |