> > puna(?) > Note that the p is struck through below its loop; that is probably an abbreviation for "per". Aha, so "peruna". How the heck did Dante know wha

> > puna(?) > Note that the p is struck through below its loop; that is probably an abbreviation for "per". Aha, so "peruna". How the heck did Dante know what "potato" would come to be called, centuries later, in Finnish???