Where does “картоплина” come from?
картоплина (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian карто́пля, from Russian карто́фель, from German kartoffel, from German Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum, from Latin terrae — dry.
картоплина (Ukrainian): potato individual tuber
Definitions
- potato individual tuber
Ancestry of “картоплина”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | карто́пля | potato |
| 2 | Russian | карто́фель | potato |
| 3 | German | kartoffel | potato |
| 4 | German | Tartüffel | — |
| 5 | Italian | tartufolo | Synonym of tartufo; Synonym of topinambur |
| 6 | Italian | tartufo | truffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person... |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | territuberum | — |
| 8 | Latin | terrae | nominative plural of terra; genitive singular of... |
| 9 | Latin | terra | ground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | terzā | earth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ters-eh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |