Where does “チャ” come from?

チャ (Ainu) comes from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

チャ (Ainu): tea

Definitions

  1. tea

Ancestry of “チャ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese茶tea; brown
2Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
3Middle Chinese葉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 茶 →