Where does “kahvimylly” come from?

kahvimylly (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.

kahvimylly (Finnish): coffee grinder

Definitions

  1. coffee grinder

Ancestry of “kahvimylly”, step by step

kahvimylly 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 mylly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyllymill; nine men's morris
2Old Swedishmylla
3Latinmolīna
4Latinmolamillstone; mill; ground meal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange
Every word from Arabic قهوةEvery word from Persian قهوهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه