Where does “zöld tea” come from?

zöld tea (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.

zöld tea (Hungarian): green tea

Definitions

green tea

Ancestry of “zöld tea”, step by step

zöld tea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tea

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hungarian	tea	tea
2	Dutch	thee	tea
3	Malay	teh	tea
4	Malay	putih	white
5	Classical Malay	putih	white
6	Proto-Malayic	putih	white
7	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	(ma-)putiq	white

via Hungarian zöld

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hungarian	zöld	green; unripe, green; of leaves
2	Hungarian	zeld	—

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