Where does “chè” come from?

chè (Vietnamese) comes from Middle Chinese 茶, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.

chè (Vietnamese): tea; a thick, sweet dessert soup or pudding,...

Definitions

  1. tea; a thick, sweet dessert soup or pudding,...

Ancestry of “chè”, step by step

chè traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 茶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese茶—
2Chinese茶tea
3Proto-Loloishla¹tea
4Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object

via Proto-Vietic cɛh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticcɛh—

via Chinese 制

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese制—

Words derived from “chè”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la →Every word from Proto-Loloish la¹ →Every word from Chinese 茶 →