Where does “koffieboon” come from?

koffieboon (Dutch) comes from Dutch boon, from Middle Dutch bône, from Old Dutch bōna, from Proto-West Germanic baunu, from Proto-Germanic baunō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

koffieboon (Dutch): A coffee bean, a seed of a plant of the genus...

Definitions

  1. A coffee bean, a seed of a plant of the genus...

Ancestry of “koffieboon”, step by step

koffieboon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch boon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboonbean
2Middle Dutchbônebean
3Old Dutchbōnabean
4Proto-West Germanicbaunubean
5Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

via Dutch koffie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkoffiecoffee
2Italiancaffècoffee; a café
3Turkishkahvecoffee
4Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
5Persianقهوهcoffee
6Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baunō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baunu →