Where does “kaffemik” come from?

kaffemik (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.

kaffemik (Danish): in Greenland, an informal get-together with...

Definitions

  1. in Greenland, an informal get-together with...

Ancestry of “kaffemik”, step by step

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
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