Where does “pelapatatas” come from?

pelapatatas (Spanish) comes from Spanish pelar, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

pelapatatas (Spanish): potato peeler

Definitions

  1. potato peeler

Ancestry of “pelapatatas”, step by step

pelapatatas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish pelar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpelarto peel; to skin; to shell
2Latinpilāre—
3Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
4Latinpīlusa hair
5Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
6Proto-Italicpistlom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

via Spanish patata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpatatapotato; piece of rubbish
2Taínobatatasweet potato
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- →Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom →