Where does “haj” come from?
haj (Hungarian) comes from Proto-Ugric kajɜ, from Proto-Uralic kaje, from Spanish café, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.
haj (Hungarian): fat, flab
Ancestry of “haj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Ugric | kajɜ | hair |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | kaje | hair, grass |
| 3 | Spanish | café | brown; coffee; cafe, coffee shop |
| 4 | French | café | coffee; coffee colour; public house |
| 5 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 6 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 8 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 9 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |