Where does “kaffebryggning” come from?
kaffebryggning (Swedish) comes from Swedish kaffe, 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.
kaffebryggning (Swedish): The act of brewing coffee
Definitions
- The act of brewing coffee
Ancestry of “kaffebryggning”, step by step
kaffebryggning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kaffe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kaffe | coffee |
| 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 Swedish bryggning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bryggning | brewing the process of brewing |
| 2 | Swedish | brygga | a pier supported on piles or cribs, or floating... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | bryggia | bridge, jetty; to brew |
| 4 | Old Norse | bryggja | pier, gangway |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brewwaną | to brew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |