On: Ultraconserved words in use since the last Ice Age

[iagooar]

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 → iagooar]

Wikipedia 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 → schoen]

I think this is from New Latin, not Latin Latin.

[schoen → rabboRubble]

It's funny to think that the etymology of Latin thea probably runs through Dutch! Definitely New Latin.

[kruczek → iagooar]

Interesting, 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 → kruczek]

I know it as a prison slang word to describe a very strong tea.

[iagooar → fishnchips]

In 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 → iagooar]

Funny, my wife is from Nowy Tomyśl and I literally never heard that word being used.