Where does “kahvitilkka” come from?

kahvitilkka (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.

kahvitilkka (Finnish): dash of coffee

Definitions

  1. dash of coffee

Ancestry of “kahvitilkka”, step by step

kahvitilkka 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 tilkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilkkadribble, dash, drop
2Proto-Finnictilkkadrop
Every word from Arabic قهوةEvery word from Persian قهوهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه