Where does “hơn cả” come from?

hơn cả (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cá, from French quart, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

hơn cả (Vietnamese): the most; most, -est; more than

Definitions

  1. the most; most, -est; more than

Ancestry of “hơn cả”, step by step

hơn cả traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáfish; to bet
2Frenchquartfourth; quarter; shift
3Latinquārtusfourth
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Vietnamese hơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehơnthan; more, more than; to be more than, to be...
2Proto-Mon-Khmerhən—
3Proto-Turkicēnbreadth, width
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos →