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