The story
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan · derived from*s-la
- Burmese · borrowed fromလက်ဖက်“fermented or pickled tea”
- English todaylahpet
From Burmese လက်ဖက် (lakhpak, “fermented or pickled tea”). The first element is ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la and hence a distant doublet of tea.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-la all →
teacha
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.