Where does “tay” come from?

Tay is an alternative English form of tea, from Dutch thee, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la, from Min Nan 茶.

tay (English): Tea

Definitions

  1. Tea

Ancestry of “tay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishteaThe tea plant (Camellia sinensis); a variety of this plant
2Dutchtheetea
3Malaytehtea
4Malayputihwhite
5Classical Malayputihwhite
6Proto-Malayicputihwhite
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite
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