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Where does “kaffekask” come from?

kaffekask (Swedish) comes from Swedish kask, from French casque, from Spanish casco, from Spanish cascar, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

kaffekask (Swedish): A coffee drink laced with alcohol. Traditionally...

Definitions

  1. A coffee drink laced with alcohol. Traditionally...

Ancestry of “kaffekask”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkask—
2Frenchcasquehelmet; hard hat; headphones
3Spanishcascohelmet; crown; hulk
4Spanishcascarto crack, to split; to hit; to wank
5Latinquassō—
6Latin-tō—
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus—
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →