Where does “tea” come from?

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

tea (Hungarian): tea

Definitions

  1. tea

Ancestry of “tea”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tea”

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