Where does “terpomfingroj” come from?
terpomfingroj (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto terpomo, 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.
terpomfingroj (Esperanto): french fries
Ancestry of “terpomfingroj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | terpomo | 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 | — |
| 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 |