Where does “ghét cay ghét đắng” come from?

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

ghét cay ghét đắng (Vietnamese): to have an extreme and utter hatred

Definitions

  1. to have an extreme and utter hatred

Ancestry of “ghét cay ghét đắng”, step by step

ghét cay ghét đắng traces back through 3 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 đáng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđángworthy, worth; to deserve, to merit
2Proto-Vietictaŋʔbitter
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkt₂aŋbitter

via Vietnamese ghét

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseghétdirt, filth
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (d)kər →Every word from Proto-Vietic gəl →Every word from Vietnamese cây →