Where does “tealevél” come from?

tealevél (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.

tealevél (Hungarian): tea leaf

Definitions

  1. tea leaf

Ancestry of “tealevél”, step by step

tealevél traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tea

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

via Hungarian levél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlevélleaf; letter; email

Words derived from “tealevél”

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