Where does “snabbkaffe” come from?

snabbkaffe (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.

snabbkaffe (Swedish): instant coffee

Definitions

  1. instant coffee

Ancestry of “snabbkaffe”, step by step

snabbkaffe 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 snabb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnabbfast, quick; fast, fast-blow
2Middle High Germansnabento snap, snort
Every word from Arabic قهوة →Every word from Persian قهوه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه →