Where does “cấy” come from?

cấy (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic -keːʔ — woman, female.

cấy (Vietnamese): Eye dialect spelling of cái, representing Nghệ...

Definitions

  1. Eye dialect spelling of cái, representing Nghệ...

Ancestry of “cấy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic-keːʔwoman, female
Every word from Proto-Vietic -keːʔ