Where does “cày cấy” come from?

cày cấy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cây, from Proto-Vietic gəl, from Proto-Mon-Khmer (d)kər — tree; plant; tree, plant.

cày cấy (Vietnamese): to farm; to cultivate; to do farm work

Definitions

  1. to farm; to cultivate; to do farm work

Ancestry of “cày cấy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecâytree; plant; Short for cây số
2Proto-Vieticgəl—
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(d)kərtree; plant; tree, plant
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (d)kər →Every word from Proto-Vietic gəl →Every word from Vietnamese cây →