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

  1. potato peeler (device)

Ancestry of “картофелечистка”, step by step

картофелечистка 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 чи́стить

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianчи́ститьto clean, to scour
2Proto-Slavicčistitito clean, purify
3Proto-Slavicčistъclean, pure
4Proto-Balto-Slavicskīstas
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskidtossplit
6Proto-Indo-European(s)keyd-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic terzā