Where does “nuôi cấy” come from?

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

nuôi cấy (Vietnamese): to cultivate in a medium

Definitions

  1. to cultivate in a medium

Ancestry of “nuôi cấy”, step by step

nuôi cấy 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 nuôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenuôito feed and raise, to rear; adoptive or adopted
2Proto-Vieticɗoːjto feed
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (d)kər →Every word from Proto-Vietic gəl →Every word from Vietnamese cây →