Where does “bwrdd coffi” come from?

bwrdd coffi (Welsh) comes from Welsh coffi, from English coffee, from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه, from Arabic قهوة — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.

bwrdd coffi (Welsh): coffee table

Definitions

  1. coffee table

Ancestry of “bwrdd coffi”, step by step

bwrdd coffi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh coffi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshcofficoffee
2EnglishcoffeeA beverage made by infusing the beans of the...
3Dutchkoffiecoffee
4Italiancaffècoffee; a café
5Turkishkahvecoffee
6Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
7Persianقهوهcoffee
8Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via Welsh bwrdd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshbwrddboard, table; table; board; table
2Middle Welshbwrt—
3Old Englishbordboard, plank; table; shield
4Proto-West Germanicbordboard, plank
5Proto-Germanicburdąboard, plank; table
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point
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