Where does “картофелечистка” come from?
картофелечистка (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.
картофелечистка (Russian): potato peeler (device)
Definitions
- potato peeler (device)
Ancestry of “картофелечистка”, step by step
картофелечистка 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 |