Where does “trà đá” come from?
trà đá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trả, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.
trà đá (Vietnamese): iced tea
Ancestry of “trà đá”, step by step
trà đá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese trả
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | trả | to return, to give back; to pay |
| 2 | Chinese | 茶 | tea |
| 3 | Proto-Loloish | la¹ | tea |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | s-la | leaf; tea; flat object |
via Vietnamese đá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đá | rock, stone; ice as used for consumption or... |
| 2 | Chinese | 肚 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | l-tjwa | mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,... |