Aerdabbel

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Aerd (“earth”) +‎ Abbel (“apple”). Compare English earthapple ("potato, Jerusalem artichoke"), dialectal German Erdapfel ("potato"), Dutch aardappel ("potato"), Dutch aardpeer ("Jerusalem artichoke"), dialectal German Grundbirne ("potato").

Noun

Aerdabbel m

  1. artichoke [1]
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