Where does “ਚਾਹ” come from?

ਚਾਹ (Punjabi) comes from Classical Persian چَا, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.

ਚਾਹ (Punjabi): tea

Definitions

  1. tea

Ancestry of “ਚਾਹ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianچَا—
2Chinese茶tea
3Proto-Loloishla¹tea
4Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la →Every word from Proto-Loloish la¹ →Every word from Chinese 茶 →