Where does “cây mắc cỡ” come from?

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

cây mắc cỡ (Vietnamese): sensitive plant

Definitions

  1. sensitive plant

Ancestry of “cây mắc cỡ”, step by step

cây mắc cỡ 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 mắc cỡ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemắc cỡshy; bashful
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (d)kər →Every word from Proto-Vietic gəl →Every word from Vietnamese cây →