Where does “Marzipankartoffel” come from?
Marzipankartoffel (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.
Marzipankartoffel (German): a ball of marzipan (usually about 2 cm in diameter) rolled in cocoa powder to make it look like a tiny potato, popularly eaten at Nikolaus and Christmas
Definitions
- a ball of marzipan (usually about 2 cm in diameter) rolled in cocoa powder to make it look like a tiny potato, popularly eaten at Nikolaus and Christmas
Ancestry of “Marzipankartoffel”, step by step
Marzipankartoffel 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 |