Where does “tii” come from?

tii (Greenlandic) comes from Danish te, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

tii (Greenlandic): tea

Definitions

  1. tea

Ancestry of “tii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtetea; behave
2Dutchtheetea
3Malaytehtea
4Malayputihwhite
5Classical Malayputihwhite
6Proto-Malayicputihwhite
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

Words derived from “tii”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic putih →Every word from Classical Malay putih →