Food & drink

potato

Source:KartoffelGerman · “potato; from Italian tartufolo 'truffle'”probable

A New World crop, so every language named it on its own: a truffle (картофель), 'earth-thing' (ziemniak), Brandenburg (brambor), a ground pear (krompir).

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English

potato

Polish

ziemniak

ˈʑɛmɲak

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Russian
карто́фельkartofelʹ
kɐrˈtofʲɪlʲborrowed · German Kartoffel
Everyday speech says карто́шка.
Ukrainian
карто́пляkartoplja
karˈtɔplʲaborrowed · German Kartoffel, probably through Polish dialects
Polish
ziemniak
ˈʑɛmɲakdifferent word · Polish ziemia 'earth' (Proto-Slavic *zemja)
Regional Polish also has kartofel and pyra.
Czech
brambor
ˈbrambordifferent word · Czech Braniborsko 'Brandenburg', where the crop came from
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
krompirкромпир
ˈkrompirdifferent word · German dialect Grundbirne 'ground pear'
Standard-specific words: krumpir (Croatian)
English
potato