Where does “最高値” come from?

最高値 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 最, from Proto-Indo-European sai-.

最高値 (Japanese): an all-time high price; a record high price; the highest price

Definitions

  1. an all-time high price; a record high price; the highest price

Ancestry of “最高値”, step by step

最高値 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 最

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese最most, greatest
2Proto-Indo-Europeansai-—

via Japanese 高値

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese高値—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sai- →Every word from Japanese 最 →