𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months 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-square151fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down111
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-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 · 5 months agomessage-square151fedilink
minus-squarekersploosh@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoSome German speakers say “Erdapfel” which is literally “earth apple.”
minus-squareHaus@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoIn Dutch, a potato is called aardappel, which literally translates to “earth apple” (aarde meaning “earth” and appel meaning “apple”).
minus-squareHornedMeatBeast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoUnsurprisingly, similar for us in Afrikaans. “Aartappel”
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s probably the Germans living near French, who’ve had bad influences.
minus-squareMiphera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months 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.
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”
It’s probably the Germans living near French, who’ve had bad influences.
Isnt that most common in Austria
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.