Where does “vetőburgonya” come from?

vetőburgonya (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vető, from Hungarian vét, from Proto-Uralic wettä- — to throw, fling, toss.

vetőburgonya (Hungarian): seed potato a potato which is planted in the ground in order to grow a potato plant

Definitions

  1. seed potato a potato which is planted in the ground in order to grow a potato plant

Ancestry of “vetőburgonya”, step by step

vetőburgonya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian vető

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvetőforming
2Hungarianvétto wrong someone, to do wrong to someone; to...
3Proto-Uralicwettä-to throw, fling, toss

via Hungarian burgonya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianburgonyapotato
Every word from Proto-Uralic wettä- →Every word from Hungarian vét →Every word from Hungarian vető →