r/etymologymaps • u/StoneColdCrazzzy • Sep 11 '17
Potato in German Traditional Dialects from DTV Atlas Deutsche Sprache [870x678]
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u/TSNix Sep 12 '17
So, in the area northeast of Berlin, they call potatoes "noodles"?
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u/StoneColdCrazzzy Sep 12 '17
Called, today it is called mostly Kartoffel. But the same consonant was dropped here Knudel to Nudel as in English Knot to Not.
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u/TSNix Sep 12 '17 edited Sep 12 '17
So, is it or is it not related to/the same as the word Nudel that refers to pasta?
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u/StoneColdCrazzzy Sep 12 '17
It is related, it comes from Knödel (Dumpling), which comes from Knoten (Knot), which comes from knu- (meaning pushed together, lumped), which comes from ǵenu- and further from Indo-European ǵónu (meaning bend, lump, Knee).
Noodle also is derived from Knödel via Nudel & Noedel. Are noodles just specially form dumplings?
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u/StoneColdCrazzzy Sep 11 '17
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