brambor

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of Lower Sorbian origin. Compare Bramborska (“Brandenburg”). Interpreted as "crop from Brandenburg", as imported to Bohemia by Prussian soldiers during the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778–1779).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbrambor]
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Noun

brambor m inan

  1. potato

Declension

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Derived terms

References
  1. Antonín Frinta, Česká jména lužickosrbského původu, Naše řeč, volume 39 (1956), issue 9–10
  2. Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “brambor”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 95

Further reading
  • brambor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • brambor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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