Where does “kahvijauhe” come from?

kahvijauhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahvi, from Swedish kaffe, from German Kaffee, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.

kahvijauhe (Finnish): ground coffee, coffee powder

Definitions

  1. ground coffee, coffee powder

Ancestry of “kahvijauhe”, step by step

kahvijauhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahvicoffee
2Swedishkaffecoffee
3GermanKaffeecoffee; afternoon coffee, coffee and cake
4Frenchcafécoffee; coffee colour; public house
5Italiancaffècoffee; a café
6Turkishkahvecoffee
7Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
8Persianقهوهcoffee
9Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via Finnish jauhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhepowder; in compound terms in which jauhe is the...
2Finnishjauhaato grind, mince, chew; to jabber about silly or...
3Proto-Finnicjauhadakto grind
4Proto-Finno-Permicjaŋša-
Every word from Arabic قهوةEvery word from Persian قهوهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه