Where does “hết ý” come from?

hết ý (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hết, from Proto-Vietic heːt, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔət.

hết ý (Vietnamese): excessively; mightily

Definitions

  1. excessively; mightily

Ancestry of “hết ý”, step by step

hết ý traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehếtto finish, to end, to expire, to come to an end;...
2Proto-Vieticheːtfinished
3Proto-Mon-Khmerʔət—

via Vietnamese Ý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseÝItalian
2Middle Chinese意—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔət →