Where does “kaffekværn” come from?

kaffekværn (Danish) comes from Danish kaffe, from German Kaffee, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه, from Arabic قهوة — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.

kaffekværn (Danish): a coffee mill tool or device that grinds roasted coffee beans into powder

Definitions

  1. a coffee mill tool or device that grinds roasted coffee beans into powder

Ancestry of “kaffekværn”, step by step

kaffekværn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish kaffe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkaffecoffee
2GermanKaffeecoffee; afternoon coffee, coffee and cake
3Frenchcafécoffee; coffee colour; public house
4Italiancaffècoffee; a café
5Turkishkahvecoffee
6Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
7Persianقهوهcoffee
8Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via Danish kværn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkværna grinder, mill mechanical or electrical machine that pulverizes or grinds a material into powder
Every word from Arabic قهوةEvery word from Persian قهوهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه