Where does “chouette” come from?

chouette (French) comes 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.

chouette (French): owl; great, cool, swell; Exclamation when one...

Definitions

owl; great, cool, swell; Exclamation when one...

Ancestry of “chouette”, step by step

chouette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French çuete

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	çuete	—
2	Old French	choë	jackdaw
3	Vietnamese	chè	tea; a thick, sweet dessert soup or pudding,...
4	Middle Chinese	茶	—
5	Chinese	茶	tea
6	Proto-Loloish	la¹	tea
7	Proto-Sino-Tibetan	s-la	leaf; tea; flat object

via Old French choete

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	choete	owl
2	Old French	-eté	variant of -té
3	Latin	-ittus	diminutive suffix, used to create nouns
4	Proto-Italic	-tos	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tós	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “chouette”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la →Every word from Proto-Loloish la¹ →Every word from Chinese 茶 →