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

  1. potato masher

Ancestry of “картофелемялка”, step by step

картофелемялка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian карто́фель

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкарто́фельpotato
2Germankartoffelpotato
3GermanTartüffel
4ItaliantartufoloSynonym of tartufo; Synonym of topinambur
5Italiantartufotruffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person...
6Medieval Latinterrituberum
7Latinterraenominative plural of terra; genitive singular of...
8Latinterraground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's...
9Proto-Italicterzāearth
10Proto-Indo-Europeanters-eh₂
11Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Russian мя́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмя́тьto rumple, to crumple, to wrinkle, to fumble, to crease
2Proto-Slavicmętito crumple, to scutch
3Proto-Balto-Slavicminˀteito trample, to crumple, to scutch
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic terzā