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[bmo]

I couldn't help wondering when you mentioned the word 'tea' is from China, ya, and just as Tdol said it's 'cha' in chinese pronuciation, but how could it turn into 'tea' which is obviously different from 'cha', so as the 'cash', 'pidgin'??? :? Lucy in curiosity

From the Chinese, Amoy dialect t'e:
Dutch tee, chief importers (1610)
French the
Spanish te
German tee
English tea (1644)

From the Chinese, Mandarin dialect ch'a
Russian cha
Persian cha
Greek tsai
Turkish say

From French caisse
English cash

From the Chinese pronunciation of business.
English pidgin

www.etymonline.com

:D

Tea exported from the sea port of Amoy (in Fujian province north of Canton) through Malay and to the Netherland follows the Amoy (Taiwanese) sound of te. (Fujian has been a tea producing area.)

Tea went from the North through the land route -silk road- to Central Asia (Iran, Trukey) are called cha, following the Mandarin (northern Chinese) sound of cha. (Mandarin is the Beijing dialect.)

Ancient Chinese are preserved better in southern dialects, like Amoy and Fujianese (Taiwanese), and in Chinese loan words in Japanese, Vietnamese and Korean. Southern Chinese took ancient Chinese to the South when they migrated from the North, escaping from northern "barbarians" and the Mongols. (Northen Chinese are influenced more by other languages.)

[Ibeke]

I couldn't help wondering when you mentioned the word 'tea' is from China, ya, and just as Tdol said it's 'cha' in chinese pronuciation, but how could it turn into 'tea' which is obviously different from 'cha', so as the 'cash', 'pidgin'??? :? Lucy in curiosity

From the Chinese, Amoy dialect t'e:
Dutch tee, chief importers (1610)
French the
Spanish te
German tee
English tea (1644)

From the Chinese, Mandarin dialect ch'a
Russian cha
Persian cha
Greek tsai
Turkish say

From French caisse
English cash

From the Chinese pronunciation of business.
English pidgin

www.etymonline.com

:D

Tea exported from the sea port of Amoy (in Fujian province north of Canton) through Malay and to the Netherland follows the Amoy (Taiwanese) sound of te. (Fujian has been a tea producing area.)

Tea went from the North through the land route -silk road- to Central Asia (Iran, Trukey) are called cha, following the Mandarin (northern Chinese) sound of cha. (Mandarin is the Beijing dialect.)

Ancient Chinese are preserved better in southern dialects, like Amoy and Fujianese (Taiwanese), and in Chinese loan words in Japanese, Vietnamese and Korean. Southern Chinese took ancient Chinese to the South when they migrated from the North, escaping from northern "barbarians" and the Mongols. (Northen Chinese are influenced more by other languages.)

So tea is more ancient than cha.

Moroccan: atay

[bmo]

Cas,

I am impressed with your knowledege of the origin of tea and cha. You have a very broad understanding of cultures.

BMO

[Casiopea]

Cas,

I am impressed with your knowledege of the origin of tea and cha. You have a very broad understanding of cultures.

BMO

Thank you. :D Mind you, I found it at: www.etymonline.com :wink: The source is located at the bottom of the post.

[RonBee]

Wow! There is a lot there about tea. Thanks, Cas!

• http://www.etymonline.com/t2etym.htm

:D

[Latoof]

IN England we also call tea 'char', which is much closer to the Chinese.

I know it is such a long time to make a reply on this topic, however I want to say that we say "chai" in local Imarati accent which we derived from Hindi .

Tea, Char, Cha, or Chai it tastes wonderful :D

[Casiopea]

IN England we also call tea 'char', which is much closer to the Chinese.

I know it is such a long time to make a reply on this topic, however I want to say that we say "chai" in local Imarati accent which we derived from Hindi .

Tea, Char, Cha, or Chai it tastes wonderful :D

Tea for Latoof. :D

[woshi410]

In Italian:
piano
In English:
slowly

(From Dictionary.com translator)

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I see.

[ram]

It is interesting to see experts dissect "simple everyday" words like piano and tea. Here, we call it TSA. Most Chinese in our place came from AMOY. Local folks consider it medicinal and only drank when one has (I hope nobody is eating, please excuse me) diarrhea. Most of us, if not soda or water, coffee drinkers (US influence? most probably). In music, we were taught that piano means softly, pianissimo means most softly.
RAM

[Suzanne55]

Piano in Italian is used to indicate both 'slow' and 'quiet'. It can be used to ask someone to slow down or to keep their voice down.