Where does “ocha” come from?

ocha (Romansch) comes from Japanese お茶, from Middle Chinese 茶, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.

ocha (Romansch): goose

Definitions

  1. goose

Ancestry of “ocha”, step by step

ocha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese お茶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseお茶tea, usually green tea; tea ceremony; snack with...
2Middle Chinese茶—
3Chinese茶tea
4Proto-Loloishla¹tea
5Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object

via Vulgar Latin auca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinaucagoose
2Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
3EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
4Latinfaunaanimals

Words derived from “ocha”

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