Where does “cây gỗ” come from?

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

cây gỗ (Vietnamese): tree

Definitions

  1. tree

Ancestry of “cây gỗ”, step by step

cây gỗ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecâytree; plant; Short for cây số
2Proto-Vieticgəl—
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(d)kərtree; plant; tree, plant

via Vietnamese gò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegòmound, knoll; to bend, to curve
2Proto-Mon-Khmertkɔɔʔisland
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (d)kər →Every word from Proto-Vietic gəl →Every word from Vietnamese cây →