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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaffeesudcoffee dregs, coffee grounds
2GermanKaffeecoffee; afternoon coffee, coffee and cake
3Frenchcafécoffee; coffee colour; public house
4Italiancaffècoffee; a café
5Turkishkahvecoffee
6Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
7Persianقهوهcoffee
8Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via German Lesen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLesengerund of lesen; reading; reading
2Middle High Germanlesento read, to read aloud
3Old High Germanlesanto read, to read aloud; to examine; to collect
4Proto-West Germanic*lesan
5Proto-Germaniclesanąto gather, collect
6Proto-Indo-Europeanles-to gather, to collect
Every word from Arabic قهوةEvery word from Persian قهوهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه