𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?message-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1359
arrow-up1359message-squareIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-squarekersploosh@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up51·1 month agoSome German speakers say “Erdapfel” which is literally “earth apple.”
minus-squareHaus@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·1 month agoIn Dutch, a potato is called aardappel, which literally translates to “earth apple” (aarde meaning “earth” and appel meaning “apple”).
minus-squareHornedMeatBeast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoUnsurprisingly, similar for us in Afrikaans. “Aartappel”
minus-squarekersploosh@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThat’s my understanding. Though I have only visited the Kartoffel regions myself.
minus-squareMiphera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·30 days agoI’m in Bavaria, and my grandparents used to say Erdapfel, though for any generations after that I’ve only ever heard them say Kartoffel.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoThe Swabian word Grombira comes from literally “ground pear”
minus-squareElmarsonTheThird@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·30 days ago“Grumbern” is the same in parts of Frankonia.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·29 days agoIt’s probably the Germans living near French, who’ve had bad influences.
Some German speakers say “Erdapfel” which is literally “earth apple.”
In Dutch, a potato is called aardappel, which literally translates to “earth apple” (aarde meaning “earth” and appel meaning “apple”).
Unsurprisingly, similar for us in Afrikaans.
“Aartappel”
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That’s my understanding. Though I have only visited the Kartoffel regions myself.
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I’m in Bavaria, and my grandparents used to say Erdapfel, though for any generations after that I’ve only ever heard them say Kartoffel.
The Swabian word Grombira comes from literally “ground pear”
“Grumbern” is the same in parts of Frankonia.
It’s probably the Germans living near French, who’ve had bad influences.