Where does “hít hà” come from?

hít hà (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 hà (Vietnamese): to breathe in and out quickly; to sniff; to snuffle

Definitions

  1. to breathe in and out quickly; to sniff; to snuffle

Ancestry of “hít hà”, step by step

hít hà 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 Hạ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseHạthe Xia dynasty
2Proto-Vietichaːʔ—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerhaʔto open mouth
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēn →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer hən →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer hiit →