Where does “teás” come from?

teás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tea, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

teás (Hungarian): tea-; tea person/drinker

Definitions

  1. tea-; tea person/drinker

Ancestry of “teás”, step by step

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

Words derived from “teás”

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