Where does “gếy” come from?

gếy (Middle Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic k-cajʔ, from Old Chinese 紙.

gếy (Middle Vietnamese): glutinous rice cake

Definitions

  1. glutinous rice cake

Ancestry of “gếy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietick-cajʔpaper
2Old Chinese紙—
Every word from Old Chinese 紙 →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-cajʔ →