Where does “trèo cây” come from?

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

trèo cây (Vietnamese): nuthatch

Definitions

  1. nuthatch

Ancestry of “trèo cây”, step by step

trèo cây 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 trèo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrèoto climb
2Proto-Vieticg-lɛːw—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (d)kər →Every word from Proto-Vietic gəl →Every word from Vietnamese cây →