Where does “Kartoffelteig” come from?
Kartoffelteig (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.
Kartoffelteig (German): potato dough
Definitions
- potato dough
Ancestry of “Kartoffelteig”, step by step
Kartoffelteig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kartoffel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kartoffel | potato |
| 2 | German | Tartüffel | — |
| 3 | Italian | tartufolo | Synonym of tartufo; Synonym of topinambur |
| 4 | Italian | tartufo | truffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | territuberum | — |
| 6 | Latin | terrae | nominative plural of terra; genitive singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | terra | ground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | terzā | earth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ters-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
via German teig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | teig | dough, paste, pastry, batter soft, at least partially cohesive mixture of [[ingredient |
| 2 | Middle High German | teic | — |
| 3 | Old High German | teig | dough, pastry |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | daigaz | soft; that which is formed or kneaded; dough |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰóyǵʰos | something that is kneaded, formed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |