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Where does “карто́шка” come from?

карто́шка (Russian) comes from German kartoffel, from German Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra, from Proto-Italic terzā — dry.

Ancestry of “карто́шка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankartoffel—
2GermanTartüffel—
3ItaliantartufoloSynonym of tartufo; Synonym of topinambur
4Italiantartufotruffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person...
5Medieval Latinterrituberum—
6Latinterraenominative plural of terra; genitive singular of...
7Latinterraground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's...
8Proto-Italicterzā—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanters-eh₂—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “карто́шка”

  • картошечка
  • картошка
  • kartoşka
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