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-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic terzā