Where does “Kartoffelpüree” come from?

Kartoffelpüree (German) comes from German kartoffel, from German Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra, from Proto-Italic terzā — dry.

Kartoffelpüree (German): mashed potatoes

Definitions

  1. mashed potatoes

Ancestry of “Kartoffelpüree”, step by step

Kartoffelpüree traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kartoffel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankartoffelpotato
2GermanTartüffel—
3ItaliantartufoloSynonym of tartufo; Synonym of topinambur
4Italiantartufotruffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person...
5Medieval Latinterrituberum—
6Latinterraenominative plural of terra; genitive singular of...
7Latinterraground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's...
8Proto-Italicterzāearth
9Proto-Indo-Europeanters-eh₂—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via German Püree

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPüreepuree
2Frenchpuréepuree; feminine singular of the past participle...
3Middle Frenchpuree—
4Old Frenchpuree—
5Frenchpurerto make pure
6Old Frenchpurerto purify
7Latinpurare—
8Latinpūrusclear, limpid
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic terzā →