Where does “tah” come from?

tah (Czech) comes from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

tah (Czech): pull; move, step; stroke

Definitions

  1. pull; move, step; stroke

Ancestry of “tah”, step by step

tah traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch thee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtheetea
2Malaytehtea
3Malayputihwhite
4Classical Malayputihwhite
5Proto-Malayicputihwhite
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Proto-Kuki-Chin *tak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*takto weave
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*təkto weave, to plait

via Old Czech těh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechtěhmove, campaign
2Proto-Slavictęgъtraction

Words derived from “tah”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic putih →Every word from Classical Malay putih →