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
Ancestry of “tay”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | tea | The tea plant ; a variety of this plant; The... |
| 2 | Dutch | thee | tea |
| 3 | Malay | teh | tea |
| 4 | Malay | putih | white |
| 5 | Classical Malay | putih | white |
| 6 | Proto-Malayic | putih | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)putiq | white |