Where does “చీకుట” come from?

చీకుట (Telugu) comes from Telugu ట, from English TEA, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

చీకుట (Telugu): sucking; verbal noun of చీకు

Definitions

  1. sucking; verbal noun of చీకు

Ancestry of “చీకుట”, step by step

చీకుట traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ట

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguటa Telugu letter for ṭa
2EnglishTEATraining and employment agency; Acronym of...
3Dutchtheetea
4Malaytehtea
5Malayputihwhite
6Classical Malayputihwhite
7Proto-Malayicputihwhite
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Telugu చీకు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguచీకుto suck; a blind person
2Proto-Dravidian*cīnkk-darkness
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic putih →Every word from Classical Malay putih →