Where does “buđet” come from?

buđet (Northern Sami) comes from Swedish potät, from English potatoes, from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata — sweet potato.

buđet (Northern Sami): potato

Definitions

  1. potato

Ancestry of “buđet”, step by step

buđet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish potät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpotäta potato
2Englishpotatoesplural of potato
3Spanishpatatapotato; piece of rubbish
4Taínobatatasweet potato

via Norwegian potet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegianpotet—
Every word from Taíno batata →Every word from Spanish patata →Every word from English potatoes →