Where does “giả cầy” come from?

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

giả cầy (Vietnamese): imitation dog meat, usually made of pork, beef or chicken

Definitions

  1. imitation dog meat, usually made of pork, beef or chicken

Ancestry of “giả cầy”, step by step

giả cầy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thịt cầy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethịt cầycivet meat
2Vietnamesecâytree; plant; Short for cây số
3Proto-Vieticgəl—
4Proto-Mon-Khmer(d)kərtree; plant; tree, plant

via Vietnamese giá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiáprice; bean sprouts; shelf
2Proto-Vietick-raː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkraʔroad, way
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (d)kər →Every word from Proto-Vietic gəl →Every word from Vietnamese cây →