Where does “קאַוועניק” come from?

קאַוועניק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קאַווע, from Polish kawa, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه, from Arabic قهوة — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.

קאַוועניק (Yiddish): coffee pot

Definitions

  1. coffee pot

Ancestry of “קאַוועניק”, step by step

קאַוועניק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish קאַווע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקאַוועcoffee
2Polishkawacoffee
3Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
4Persianقهوهcoffee
5Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via Ukrainian кавник

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianкавникcoffee pot
2Ukrainian-ник—
3Proto-Slavic-ьnikъFrom base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who...
4Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
Every word from Arabic قهوة →Every word from Persian قهوه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه →