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

  1. green tea

Ancestry of “zöld tea”, step by step

zöld tea 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 zöld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianzöldgreen; unripe, green; of leaves
2Hungarianzeld—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic putih →Every word from Classical Malay putih →