Where does “cấy ghép” come from?

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

cấy ghép (Vietnamese): to transplant (an organ)

Definitions

  1. to transplant (an organ)

Ancestry of “cấy ghép”, step by step

cấy ghép 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 ghép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseghépto join; to couple; to graft
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (d)kər →Every word from Proto-Vietic gəl →Every word from Vietnamese cây →