Where does “ceainărie” come from?

ceainărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian ceaină, from Russian чайный, from Russian чай, from Ottoman Turkish چای, from Persian چای, from Hindi चाय, from Middle Chinese 茶, from Chinese 茶 — leaf; tea; flat object.

ceainărie (Romanian): teahouse, tearoom

Definitions

  1. teahouse, tearoom

Ancestry of “ceainărie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianceainăteahouse
2Russianчайныйtea
3Russianчайtea; tea plant; methinks, must be, may be,...
4Ottoman Turkishچایtea; rivulet
5Persianچایtea
6Hindiचायtea; cup of tea
7Middle Chinese
8Chinesetea
9Proto-Loloishla¹tea
10Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object
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