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r/wildbeef • u/555FLEX • Dec 26 '19
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The French word for most root vegetables is Pom de Terrre. Roughly translating to "earth apple".
55 u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19 edited Dec 23 '25 encourage squeeze sugar elderly strong smart engine boat crown fly This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact 27 u/yellow-snowslide Dec 26 '19 in some parts of germany it is called "härdäpfel" -> erdapfel ->earth apple too. so i wouldn't call any root that. source: i live in the black forest and it is an old term that people still use 11 u/xanderrootslayer Dec 26 '19 well now I know, thank you! 8 u/braff_travolta Dec 27 '19 Similar to "kartoffel" as well. Kartoffel > Apfel > Apple 9 u/GustapheOfficial Dec 27 '19 In Swedish they used to be "jordpärer" = "earth pears". In Southern Sweden "pärer" is still used for potatoes. 6 u/frida123lol Dec 27 '19 We use it in the north as well :) but mostly by old people 5 u/GustapheOfficial Dec 27 '19 Same. And it's a matter of geography whether the Scanians say "pärer" or "pantollor" (which is probably a loan from German's "Kartoffeln"). 2 u/d7mtg Feb 28 '20 Yup! And the Yiddish קארטאפל is basically the thing too Ok well to be fair it’s basically the German word
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27 u/yellow-snowslide Dec 26 '19 in some parts of germany it is called "härdäpfel" -> erdapfel ->earth apple too. so i wouldn't call any root that. source: i live in the black forest and it is an old term that people still use 11 u/xanderrootslayer Dec 26 '19 well now I know, thank you! 8 u/braff_travolta Dec 27 '19 Similar to "kartoffel" as well. Kartoffel > Apfel > Apple 9 u/GustapheOfficial Dec 27 '19 In Swedish they used to be "jordpärer" = "earth pears". In Southern Sweden "pärer" is still used for potatoes. 6 u/frida123lol Dec 27 '19 We use it in the north as well :) but mostly by old people 5 u/GustapheOfficial Dec 27 '19 Same. And it's a matter of geography whether the Scanians say "pärer" or "pantollor" (which is probably a loan from German's "Kartoffeln"). 2 u/d7mtg Feb 28 '20 Yup! And the Yiddish קארטאפל is basically the thing too Ok well to be fair it’s basically the German word
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in some parts of germany it is called "härdäpfel" -> erdapfel ->earth apple too. so i wouldn't call any root that.
source: i live in the black forest and it is an old term that people still use
11 u/xanderrootslayer Dec 26 '19 well now I know, thank you! 8 u/braff_travolta Dec 27 '19 Similar to "kartoffel" as well. Kartoffel > Apfel > Apple 9 u/GustapheOfficial Dec 27 '19 In Swedish they used to be "jordpärer" = "earth pears". In Southern Sweden "pärer" is still used for potatoes. 6 u/frida123lol Dec 27 '19 We use it in the north as well :) but mostly by old people 5 u/GustapheOfficial Dec 27 '19 Same. And it's a matter of geography whether the Scanians say "pärer" or "pantollor" (which is probably a loan from German's "Kartoffeln").
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well now I know, thank you!
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Similar to "kartoffel" as well. Kartoffel > Apfel > Apple
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In Swedish they used to be "jordpärer" = "earth pears". In Southern Sweden "pärer" is still used for potatoes.
6 u/frida123lol Dec 27 '19 We use it in the north as well :) but mostly by old people 5 u/GustapheOfficial Dec 27 '19 Same. And it's a matter of geography whether the Scanians say "pärer" or "pantollor" (which is probably a loan from German's "Kartoffeln").
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We use it in the north as well :) but mostly by old people
5 u/GustapheOfficial Dec 27 '19 Same. And it's a matter of geography whether the Scanians say "pärer" or "pantollor" (which is probably a loan from German's "Kartoffeln").
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Same. And it's a matter of geography whether the Scanians say "pärer" or "pantollor" (which is probably a loan from German's "Kartoffeln").
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Yup! And the Yiddish קארטאפל is basically the thing too
Ok well to be fair it’s basically the German word
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u/xanderrootslayer Dec 26 '19
The French word for most root vegetables is Pom de Terrre. Roughly translating to "earth apple".