Where does “kombutsa” come from?
kombutsa (Finnish) comes from Japanese 昆布茶, from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.
kombutsa (Finnish): kombucha drink produced by fermenting sweetened tea
Definitions
- kombucha drink produced by fermenting sweetened tea
Ancestry of “kombutsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 昆布茶 | a drink made by chopping kombu, usually into powder, adding it in hot water, and drunk like tea |
| 2 | Japanese | 茶 | tea; brown |
| 3 | Japanese | 葉 | leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 葉 | — |