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Bourguignon
Etymology
Related to French truffe (“truffle”). Semantically comparable to German Kartoffel, another word which originated from a word for truffle but which means potato.
Noun
treufe
- potato
References
- Paul Cunisset-Carnot, Vocables dijonnais (1889), page 198:
- Treuffe. — Pomme de terre. Treuffe est le patois de truffe.
- Fernand Braudel, Civilisation Matérielle Et Capitalisme (1967), page 55:
- En Bourgogne, sous le nom de truffe, treuffe, pataque, cartouffle, elle n'aparait guere qu'après 1770.
- Dictionnaire étymologique et ethnologique des parlers brionnais (2004):
- ...le morceau de treuffe (pomme de terre) dénué de germes que l'on donnera aux cochons.