Where does “maitotee” come from?

maitotee (Finnish) comes from Finnish tee, from Swedish te, from German tee, from English tee, from Middle English teen, from Old English tēon, from Old English tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic teuhan — to pull, to draw; to lead.

maitotee (Finnish): milk tea beverage containing a combination of cow's milk and tea

Definitions

  1. milk tea beverage containing a combination of cow's milk and tea

Ancestry of “maitotee”, step by step

maitotee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteetea; tea, cup of tea; The name of the...
2Swedishtetea; to appear
3Germanteetea drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of
4EnglishteeThe name of the Latin-script letter T; Something...
5Middle Englishteen
6Old Englishtēonto drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to...
7Old Englishtēohan
8Proto-West Germanicteuhanto pull; to lead
9Proto-Germanicteuhanąto lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag
10Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

via Finnish maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ
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