Where does “çaý” come from?

çaý (Turkmen) comes from Chinese Mandarin 茶, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.

çaý (Turkmen): tea; a small river

Definitions

  1. tea; a small river

Ancestry of “çaý”, step by step

çaý traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese Mandarin 茶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin茶—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object

via Proto-Turkic *čāy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*čāy—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 茶 →