Where does “Saatkartoffel” come from?

Saatkartoffel (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.

Saatkartoffel (German): seed potato

Definitions

  1. seed potato

Ancestry of “Saatkartoffel”, step by step

Saatkartoffel 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 Saat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSaatseed; sowing; crop
2Middle High Germansat—
3Old High Germansātfull, sated
4Proto-West Germanic*sād—
5Proto-Germanicsēdizseed
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic terzā →