Where does “hơn hết” come from?

hơn hết (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hơn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer hən, from Proto-Turkic ēn — breadth, width.

hơn hết (Vietnamese): above all others; most importantly

Definitions

  1. above all others; most importantly

Ancestry of “hơn hết”, step by step

hơn hết traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehơnthan; more, more than; to be more than, to be...
2Proto-Mon-Khmerhən—
3Proto-Turkicēnbreadth, width

via Vietnamese hết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehếtto finish, to end, to expire, to come to an end;...
2Proto-Vieticheːtfinished
3Proto-Mon-Khmerʔət—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēn →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer hən →Every word from Vietnamese hơn →