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East Central German
Etymology
From German Artischocke ("artichoke"), by folk etymological missreading as Ardschocke ("Earth-Schocke") akin to German Erdapfel, and the fact that some artichoke species have edible tubers. Ultimately Arabic الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf). Compare Lithuanian ércziukas ("potato").
Noun
Schucke f (plural Schucken)
- (High Prussian) potato
Derived terms
References
- Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm. Lfg. 10 (1897), Bd. IX (1899), Sp. 1829, Z. 60.