That's because it's from *kWatata > Taino Celtic
batata, patata > Spanish batata, patata; although
Spanish usually uses papa < Andino-Celtic *kWakWa
--- tgpedersen <
tgpedersen@...> wrote:
<snip>
> Thanks for setting that right. That must be why I
> couldn't find
> *kWotato- in Pokorny.
> Torsten
>
>
>
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