Baxter and Sagart reconstruct Middle Chinese drae from Old Chinese *lˤra for the same character 茶.
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COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0231historical reconstructionprobable
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*drae
tea; name of a plant
OPEN NODE 236 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedOld Chinese (reconstructed) · Old Chinese reconstruction · tea beverage*lˤra
name of a plant
OPEN NODE 231 ↗01
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The gloss remains a plant name associated with tea.
Old Chinese to Middle Chinese.
William H. Baxter · Laurent Sagart
probable — Both phonological stages are scholarly reconstructions even though the character and lexical tradition are historically attested.
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Baxter–Sagart Old Chinese Reconstruction, Version 1.1Table row 茶 chá, PDF page 11
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Reconstructs Middle Chinese drae and Old Chinese *lˤra for 茶.
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