Where does “hiːt” come from?

hiːt (Proto-Vietic) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer hiit, from Proto-Mon-Khmer hən, from Proto-Turkic ēn — breadth, width.

Ancestry of “hiːt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerhiit
2Proto-Mon-Khmerhən
3Proto-Turkicēnbreadth, width

Words derived from “hiːt

Every word from Proto-Turkic ēnEvery word from Proto-Mon-Khmer hənEvery word from Proto-Mon-Khmer hiit
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