Etymograph

English

tella

Tella comes from Amharic ጠላ ‘Tella, a type of Ethiopian beer’.

  1. Amharicmodernጠላ1ṭälla‘Tella, a type of Ethiopian beer’
  2. Englishtodaytella1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tella

Lineage

  1. AmharicmodernጠላWiktionary, English tellaṭälla‘Tella, a type of Ethiopian beer’
  2. EnglishtodaytellaWiktionary, English tella

Every English word from Amharic ጠላ

Today it means

noun A traditional beer from Ethiopia and Eritrea, brewed from various grains.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tella”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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