Where does “kermakahvi” come from?

kermakahvi (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.

kermakahvi (Finnish): coffee with cream

Definitions

  1. coffee with cream

Ancestry of “kermakahvi”, step by step

kermakahvi 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 kerma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkermacream; the cream; kerma
2EnglishkermaThe sum of the initial kinetic energies of all...
Every word from Arabic قهوةEvery word from Persian قهوهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه
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