Modern Mandarin chá continues the Chinese word represented by reconstructed Middle Chinese *drae, with the onset and vowel changes summarized by the Baxter–Sagart correspondence table.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0230historical continuationprobable
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茶
tea
OPEN NODE 235 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedMiddle Chinese (reconstructed reading) · Middle Chinese reconstruction · tea beverage*drae
tea; name of a plant
OPEN NODE 236 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The tea meaning remains stable.
Middle Chinese to modern Mandarin.
William H. Baxter · Laurent Sagart
probable — The modern form is attested, while the Middle Chinese phonological value is reconstructed.
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Baxter–Sagart Old Chinese Reconstruction, Version 1.1Table row 茶 chá, PDF page 11
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Aligns Mandarin chá with reconstructed Middle Chinese drae.
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