Where does “urtete” come from?

urtete (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.

urtete (Norwegian Bokmål): herbal tea

Definitions

  1. herbal tea

Ancestry of “urtete”, step by step

urtete traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltetea; to behave
2Dutchtheetea
3Malaytehtea
4Malayputihwhite
5Classical Malayputihwhite
6Proto-Malayicputihwhite
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Norwegian Bokmål urt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålurta herb
2Danishurtherb
3Old Norseurt—
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Norwegian Bokmål e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmåleAlternative form of ei
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic putih →Every word from Classical Malay putih →