Where does “картоплинка” come from?
картоплинка (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian картоплина, from Ukrainian карто́пля, from Russian карто́фель, from German kartoffel, from German Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum — dry.
картоплинка (Ukrainian): potato
Definitions
- potato
Ancestry of “картоплинка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | картоплина | potato individual tuber |
| 2 | Ukrainian | карто́пля | potato |
| 3 | Russian | карто́фель | potato |
| 4 | German | kartoffel | potato |
| 5 | German | Tartüffel | — |
| 6 | Italian | tartufolo | Synonym of tartufo; Synonym of topinambur |
| 7 | Italian | tartufo | truffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person... |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | territuberum | — |
| 9 | Latin | terrae | nominative plural of terra; genitive singular of... |
| 10 | Latin | terra | ground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | terzā | earth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ters-eh₂ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |