Where does “Süßkartoffel” come from?
Süßkartoffel (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.
Süßkartoffel (German): sweet potato
Definitions
- sweet potato
Ancestry of “Süßkartoffel”, step by step
Süßkartoffel 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 süß
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | süß | sweet; cute; Geschmack; bitter, salzig, sauer,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | süezi | — |
| 3 | Old High German | suozī | sweet |
| 4 | Old High German | -ī | -ness |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |