Words that come from Min Nan

185 words across 42 languages descend from Min Nan — including tea, teaspoon, teaspoonful, teapot, teacup, theophylline, teahouse, tay.

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English (45)

Finnish (17)

German (13)

Hungarian (12)

Danish (11)

Dutch (10)

Swedish (10)

Norwegian Bokmål (8)

Norwegian Nynorsk (8)

French (4)

Italian (4)

Northern Sami (4)

Translingual (3)

Japanese (3)

Faroese (2)

Esperanto (2)

Greenlandic (2)

Norman (2)

Lower Sorbian (2)

Welsh (1)

Choctaw (1)

Chuukese (1)

Hausa (1)

Indonesian (1)

Latin (1)

Volapük (1)

Irish (1)

Maori (1)

Armenian (1)

Silesian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Ido (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

Xhosa (1)

Wolof (1)

Malay (1)

Chichewa (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Moroccan Arabic (1)