Where does “Kaffeesatzleserei” come from?
Kaffeesatzleserei (German) comes from German Kaffeesatz, from German Satz, from Middle High German saz, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Kaffeesatzleserei (German): tea leaf reading
Definitions
- tea leaf reading
Ancestry of “Kaffeesatzleserei”, step by step
Kaffeesatzleserei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kaffeesatz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kaffeesatz | coffee dregs, coffee grounds |
| 2 | German | Satz | sentence; proposition, theorem; set |
| 3 | Middle High German | saz | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 5 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via German Lesen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lesen | gerund of lesen; reading; reading |
| 2 | Middle High German | lesen | to read, to read aloud |
| 3 | Old High German | lesan | to read, to read aloud; to examine; to collect |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *lesan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lesaną | to gather, collect |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | les- | to gather, to collect |