Where does “kartöfluflaga” come from?
kartöfluflaga (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic kartafla, from Danish kartoffel, from German kartoffel, from German Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum, from Latin terrae — dry.
kartöfluflaga (Icelandic): potato chip (US), potato crisp (UK)
Definitions
- potato chip (US), potato crisp (UK)
Ancestry of “kartöfluflaga”, step by step
kartöfluflaga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic kartafla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | kartafla | a potato, a spud |
| 2 | Danish | kartoffel | potato; whitey |
| 3 | German | kartoffel | potato |
| 4 | German | Tartüffel | — |
| 5 | Italian | tartufolo | Synonym of tartufo; Synonym of topinambur |
| 6 | Italian | tartufo | truffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person... |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | territuberum | — |
| 8 | Latin | terrae | nominative plural of terra; genitive singular of... |
| 9 | Latin | terra | ground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | terzā | earth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ters-eh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |