Where does “ngoại giao cây tre” come from?

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

ngoại giao cây tre (Vietnamese): bamboo diplomacy

Definitions

  1. bamboo diplomacy

Ancestry of “ngoại giao cây tre”, step by step

ngoại giao cây tre 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 ngoại giao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengoại giaodiplomacy
2Japanese外交diplomacy

via Vietnamese trẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrẻyoung; a child; young children; infants
2Proto-Vietick-lɛː—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (d)kər →Every word from Proto-Vietic gəl →Every word from Vietnamese cây →
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