Where does “карто́шка” come from?

карто́шка (Russian) comes from German kartoffel, from German Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra, from Proto-Italic terzā — dry.

карто́шка (Russian): potato

Definitions

  1. potato

Ancestry of “карто́шка”, step by step

карто́шка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kartoffel

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

via Russian карто́ха

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкарто́хаpotato

Words derived from “карто́шка

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic terzā