Where does “سیب‌زمینی” come from?

سیب‌زمینی (Persian) comes from French pomme de terre, from German Erdapfel, from German Erde, from Middle High German erde, from Old High German erda, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

سیب‌زمینی (Persian): potato

Definitions

  1. potato

Ancestry of “سیب‌زمینی”, step by step

سیب‌زمینی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French pomme de terre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpomme de terrepotato
2GermanErdapfelpotato
3GermanErdesoil; the ground; a world; a space to live in
4Middle High Germanerdeearth
5Old High GermanerdaThe Earth; earth, ground, soil
6Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
7Proto-Germanicerþōearth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Persian سیب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسیبapple
2Middle Persian𐭠𐭩𐭰not any
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic erþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic erþu →