Where does “chewet” come from?

chewet (English) comes from French chouette, from Old French çuete, from Old French choë, from Vietnamese chè, from Middle Chinese 茶, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.

chewet (English): A kind of meat pie

Definitions

  1. A kind of meat pie

Ancestry of “chewet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchouetteowl; great, cool, swell; Exclamation when one...
2Old Frenchçuete—
3Old Frenchchoëjackdaw
4Vietnamesechètea; a thick, sweet dessert soup or pudding,...
5Middle Chinese茶—
6Chinese茶tea
7Proto-Loloishla¹tea
8Proto-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 →