Where does “კარტოშკა” come from?
კარტოშკა (Georgian) comes from Russian карто́шка, from German kartoffel, from German Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra — dry.
კარტოშკა (Georgian): potato
Definitions
- potato
Ancestry of “კარტოშკა”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | карто́шка | potato |
| 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 |