Sunday, April 5, 2015

Potato, in my words

tadra : potato

The Fennas word for potato is tadra. Tadra is an unusual last name. Tadra is a rare feminine first name. Tadra is the name of places in Hungary and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

How did I come up with this word? The Welsh word for potato is taten, the Irish word for potato is práta, the Breton word for potato is aval-douar (apple-earth), the Cornish words for potato are aval dor (apple earth) and tetti, the Scottish Gaelic word for potato is buntàta, and the Manx word for potato is praase.

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