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Yet in Polish the word "czaj" also exists and it means a very strong tea. Herbata seems to come from Latin, as it relates to herbs.
by iagooar 9y ago
Yet in Polish the word "czaj" also exists and it means a very strong tea.
Herbata seems to come from Latin, as it relates to herbs.
- schoen 9y agoWikipedia says that the -ta in Lithuanian and Polish is from Latin thea, from the phrase herba thea ('tea herb'), so there is still a morpheme in common with the other languages in this case!
- rabboRubble 9y agoI think this is from New Latin, not Latin Latin.
- schoen 9y agoIt's funny to think that the etymology of Latin thea probably runs through Dutch! Definitely New Latin.
- kruczek 9y agoInteresting, I never actually encountered "czaj" used to describe tea. From a quick search it seems to be either prison slang, or a word used in eastern Poland, coming from Russia. And then there's "czajnik" for teapot.
- fishnchips 9y agoI know it as a prison slang word to describe a very strong tea.
- iagooar 9y agoIn the area where I come from (Wielkopolska) czaj is a commonly known word for a "strong tea-like infusion". It's not prison slang at all, but of course there might be regional differences in the usage of this word.
- fishnchips 9y agoFunny, my wife is from Nowy Tomyśl and I literally never heard that word being used.