Where does “thịt cầy” come from?

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

thịt cầy (Vietnamese): civet meat

Definitions

  1. civet meat

Ancestry of “thịt cầy”, step by step

thịt cầy 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 thịt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethịthuman or animal flesh, especially meat, but mostly except fish and shellfish

Words derived from “thịt cầy”

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