Where does “örtte” come from?

örtte (Swedish) comes from Swedish te, from German tee, from English tee, from Middle English teen, from Old English tēon, from Old English tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic teuhan, from Proto-Germanic teuhaną — to pull, to draw; to lead.

örtte (Swedish): herbal tea

Definitions

  1. herbal tea

Ancestry of “örtte”, step by step

örtte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtetea; to appear
2Germanteetea drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of
3EnglishteeThe name of the Latin-script letter T; Something...
4Middle Englishteen
5Old Englishtēonto drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to...
6Old Englishtēohan
7Proto-West Germanicteuhanto pull; to lead
8Proto-Germanicteuhanąto lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag
9Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

via Swedish ört

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishörtherb
2Old Norseurt
3Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
4Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewk-Every word from Proto-Germanic teuhanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic teuhan
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