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Where does “koffieshop” come from?

koffieshop (Dutch) comes from Dutch shop, from English shop, from Middle English shoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, from Proto-Germanic skupp-, from Proto-Indo-European skub-.

koffieshop (Dutch): coffee shop

Definitions

  1. coffee shop

Ancestry of “koffieshop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchshopshop
2EnglishshopAn establishment that sells goods or services to...
3Middle Englishshoppe—
4Old Englishsċeoppa—
5Proto-Germanicskupp-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skub- →