Where does “mokkakahvi” come from?

mokkakahvi (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.

mokkakahvi (Finnish): mocha coffee

Definitions

  1. mocha coffee

Ancestry of “mokkakahvi”, step by step

mokkakahvi 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 mokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmokkamocha; suede
2EnglishMochaThe name originally proposed for JavaScript
3Arabicاَلْمُخَا—
Every word from Arabic قهوة →Every word from Persian قهوه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه →