Where does “картофелина” come from?
картофелина (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.
картофелина (Russian): an individual potato
Ancestry of “картофелина”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | карто́фель | potato |
| 2 | German | kartoffel | — |
| 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 | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ters-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |