Where does “potetmos” come from?

potetmos (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål potet — a potato; whitey.

potetmos (Norwegian Bokmål): mashed potatoes

Definitions

  1. mashed potatoes

Ancestry of “potetmos”, step by step

potetmos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål potet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålpoteta potato; whitey

via Norwegian Bokmål mos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmosmash
Every word from Norwegian Bokmål potet