Where does “Kaffeesudlesen” come from?
Kaffeesudlesen (German) comes from German Kaffeesud, from German Kaffee, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه, from Arabic قهوة — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.
Kaffeesudlesen (German): tasseography; coffee ground reading; tea leaf reading predicting the future by reading the grounds left in a cup, especially of coffee
Definitions
- tasseography; coffee ground reading; tea leaf reading predicting the future by reading the grounds left in a cup, especially of coffee
Ancestry of “Kaffeesudlesen”, step by step
Kaffeesudlesen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kaffeesud
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kaffeesud | coffee dregs, coffee grounds |
| 2 | German | Kaffee | coffee; afternoon coffee, coffee and cake |
| 3 | French | café | coffee; coffee colour; public house |
| 4 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 5 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 7 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 8 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |
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 |