Where does “lựu đạn cay” come from?

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

lựu đạn cay (Vietnamese): tear gas shell, tear gas canister, tear gas...

Definitions

  1. tear gas shell, tear gas canister, tear gas...

Ancestry of “lựu đạn cay”, step by step

lựu đạn cay 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 lựu đạn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselựu đạngrenade
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (d)kər →Every word from Proto-Vietic gəl →Every word from Vietnamese cây →