Where does “çarje” come from?

çarje (Albanian) comes from Albanian çarë, from Albanian çaj, from Ottoman Turkish چای, from Persian چای, from Hindi चाय, from Middle Chinese 茶, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹ — leaf; tea; flat object.

çarje (Albanian): split, cleave, crack

Definitions

  1. split, cleave, crack

Ancestry of “çarje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniançarëtear, rift, crack
2Albaniançajtea; to split, cleave; to smash, batter
3Ottoman Turkishچایtea; rivulet
4Persianچایtea
5Hindiचायtea; cup of tea
6Middle Chinese茶—
7Chinese茶tea
8Proto-Loloishla¹tea
9Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la →Every word from Proto-Loloish la¹ →Every word from Chinese 茶 →