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

  1. potato dough

Ancestry of “Kartoffelteig”, step by step

Kartoffelteig 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 teig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanteigdough, paste, pastry, batter soft, at least partially cohesive mixture of [[ingredient
2Middle High Germanteic
3Old High Germanteigdough, pastry
4Proto-Germanicdaigazsoft; that which is formed or kneaded; dough
5Proto-Indo-European*dʰóyǵʰossomething that is kneaded, formed
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic terzā