Where does “cấy hái” come from?

cấy hái (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hái, from English Hi, from English high, from Middle English heigh, from Old English hēah, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz — to be lying down; to settle.

cấy hái (Vietnamese): to cultivate and harvest generally speaking; to do farm work

Definitions

  1. to cultivate and harvest generally speaking; to do farm work

Ancestry of “cấy hái”, step by step

cấy hái traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseháito pluck a plant or piece of fruit for later...
2EnglishHia short form of Hiram
3EnglishhighElevated, extending above a base or average...
4Middle Englishheighhigh; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form...
5Old Englishhēahhigh, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,...
6Old Englishhāmhome; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,...
7Proto-West Germanichaimhome
8Proto-Germanichaimazhome; house; village
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóymosof the home, belonging to the family; village,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle

via Vietnamese cây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecâytree; plant; Short for cây số
2Proto-Vieticgəl
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(d)kərtree; plant; tree, plant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymosEvery word from Proto-Germanic haimaz