Where does “겐마이차” come from?

겐마이차 (Korean) comes from Japanese 玄米茶, from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

겐마이차 (Korean): genmaicha Japanese green tea mixed with brown rice

Definitions

  1. genmaicha Japanese green tea mixed with brown rice

Ancestry of “겐마이차”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese玄米茶genmaicha
2Japanese茶tea; brown
3Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
4Middle Chinese葉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 茶 →