Where does “Pulverkaffee” come from?

Pulverkaffee (German) comes 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.

Pulverkaffee (German): instant coffee

Definitions

  1. instant coffee

Ancestry of “Pulverkaffee”, step by step

Pulverkaffee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kaffee

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

via German Pulver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPulverpowder; money
2Middle High Germanpulver—
3Old High Germanpulver—
4Proto-Germanic*pulver—
5Latinpulvisdust, powder; an arena, place of contest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Arabic قهوة →Every word from Persian قهوه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه →