Where does “kantakahvila” come from?

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

kantakahvila (Finnish): usual café, regular café the café one normally visits

Definitions

  1. usual café, regular café the café one normally visits

Ancestry of “kantakahvila”, step by step

kantakahvila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahvila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahvilacafé, coffeehouse
2Finnishkahvicoffee
3Swedishkaffecoffee
4GermanKaffeecoffee; afternoon coffee, coffee and cake
5Frenchcafécoffee; coffee colour; public house
6Italiancaffècoffee; a café
7Turkishkahvecoffee
8Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
9Persianقهوهcoffee
10Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via Finnish kanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantastem; position, opinion, point of view, account;...
2Proto-Finnickantaheel
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickanta
Every word from Arabic قهوةEvery word from Persian قهوهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه