Where does “kaffitrektar” come from?
kaffitrektar (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk kaffi, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه, from Arabic قهوة — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.
kaffitrektar (Norwegian Nynorsk): a coffeemaker, typically using a filter holder
Definitions
- a coffeemaker, typically using a filter holder
Ancestry of “kaffitrektar”, step by step
kaffitrektar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk kaffi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kaffi | coffee |
| 2 | French | café | coffee; coffee colour; public house |
| 3 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 4 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 6 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 7 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |
via Swahili trekta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swahili | trekta | tractor |
| 2 | English | tractor | A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm... |
| 3 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |