Where does “tsa” come from?

tsa (Proto-Sino-Tibetan) comes from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.

tsa (Proto-Sino-Tibetan): salt, salty, salted

Definitions

  1. salt, salty, salted

Ancestry of “tsa”, step by step

tsa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 茶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese茶tea
2Proto-Loloishla¹tea
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object

via Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
2Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—

via Cantonese 茶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cantonese茶tea

Words derived from “tsa”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la →Every word from Proto-Loloish la¹ →Every word from Chinese 茶 →