Where does “teh tawar” come from?

teh tawar (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian teh, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

teh tawar (Indonesian): tea which served without added sugar

Definitions

  1. tea which served without added sugar

Ancestry of “teh tawar”, step by step

teh tawar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian teh

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

via Indonesian tawar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantawarto bargain
2Malaytawarto offer
3Classical Malaytawar—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tawaD—
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