Where does “kaffeburk” come from?

kaffeburk (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.

kaffeburk (Swedish): coffee can; can used for storing coffee beans

Definitions

  1. coffee can; can used for storing coffee beans

Ancestry of “kaffeburk”, step by step

kaffeburk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kaffe

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

via Swedish burk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishburkpot, can, jar; an inflexible vessel, usually with...
2Old Swedishbudhker—
3Old Norsebuðkr—
Every word from Arabic قهوة →Every word from Persian قهوه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه →