Where does “taephota” come from?
taephota (Irish) comes from Irish tae, from English 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.
taephota (Irish): tea-pot
Definitions
- tea-pot
Ancestry of “taephota”, step by step
taephota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish tae
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | tae | tea |
| 2 | English | TEA | Training and employment agency; Acronym of... |
| 3 | Dutch | thee | tea |
| 4 | Malay | teh | tea |
| 5 | Malay | putih | white |
| 6 | Classical Malay | putih | white |
| 7 | Proto-Malayic | putih | white |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)putiq | white |
via Irish pota
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | pota | pot; tub |
| 2 | Middle English | pot | A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel; The top... |
| 3 | Old French | pot | pot; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pottum | — |
| 5 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |