Where does “iste” come from?
iste (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål te, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.
iste (Norwegian Bokmål): iced tea
Ancestry of “iste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | te | tea; to behave |
| 2 | Dutch | thee | tea |
| 3 | Malay | teh | tea |
| 4 | Malay | putih | white |
| 5 | Classical Malay | putih | white |
| 6 | Proto-Malayic | putih | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)putiq | white |