Where does “hít đất” come from?

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

hít đất (Vietnamese): to do push-ups

Definitions

  1. to do push-ups

Ancestry of “hít đất”, step by step

hít đất traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hít

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehítto breathe in; to inhale
2Proto-Vietichiːt—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerhiit—
4Proto-Mon-Khmerhən—
5Proto-Turkicēnbreadth, width

via Vietnamese đất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
2Proto-Vietictət—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēn →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer hən →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer hiit →