Where does “hơn thua” come from?

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

hơn thua (Vietnamese): competitive; only focused on winning

Definitions

  1. competitive; only focused on winning

Ancestry of “hơn thua”, step by step

hơn thua 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 thừa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethừaleft over; superfluous; more than necessarily...
2Chinese繡—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēn →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer hən →Every word from Vietnamese hơn →
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