Where does “ча” come from?

ча (Nivkh) comes from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

ча (Nivkh): tea

Definitions

  1. tea

Ancestry of “ча”, step by step

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