Food & drink
coffee
Source:qahwaArabic (via Ottoman Turkish kahve)probable
Russian took coffee from the west (кофе, from Dutch), the others from the Ottoman south — so Ukrainian кава matches Polish, not Russian.
English
coffee
Polish
kawa
ˈkavaCognateSame source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianко́феkofeˈkofʲɪborrowed · Dutch koffie (or German Kaffee)
- Ukrainianка́ваkavaˈkaʋaborrowed · Polish kawa
- Polishkawaˈkavaborrowed · Ottoman Turkish kahve
- Czechkávaˈkaːvaborrowed · Ottoman Turkish kahve
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbiankafaкафаˈkafaborrowed · Ottoman Turkish kahve
Standard-specific words: kava (Croatian); kahva (Bosnian) — Alongside kafa; closest to the Turkish.
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