Where does “hết mình” come from?

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

hết mình (Vietnamese): to the fullest; one's all

Definitions

  1. to the fullest; one's all

Ancestry of “hết mình”, step by step

hết mình 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 mình

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemìnha torso; a body; I/me, someone of roughly your...
2Middle Vietnamesemềnh—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔət →