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

koffieshop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch shop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchshopshop
2EnglishshopAn establishment that sells goods or services to...
3Middle Englishshoppe
4Old Englishsċeoppa
5Proto-Germanicskupp-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-

via Dutch koffie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkoffiecoffee
2Italiancaffècoffee; a café
3Turkishkahvecoffee
4Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
5Persianقهوهcoffee
6Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skub-Every word from Proto-Germanic skupp-Every word from Old English sċeoppa
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