Where does “قاراچاي” come from?

قاراچاي (Uyghur) comes from Uyghur چاي, from Chagatai چای, from Classical Persian چای, from Middle Chinese 茶, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.

قاراچاي (Uyghur): brick-tea

Definitions

  1. brick-tea

Ancestry of “قاراچاي”, step by step

قاراچاي traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Uyghur چاي

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurچايtea
2Chagataiچایtea
3Classical Persianچای—
4Middle Chinese茶—
5Chinese茶tea
6Proto-Loloishla¹tea
7Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object

via Uyghur قارا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurقاراblack
2Proto-Turkickarablack
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la →Every word from Proto-Loloish la¹ →Every word from Chinese 茶 →