Where does “hết trơn hết trọi” come from?

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

hết trơn hết trọi (Vietnamese): all; completely; totally

Definitions

  1. all; completely; totally

Ancestry of “hết trơn hết trọi”, step by step

hết trơn hết trọi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hết trơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehết trơnall; completely
2Vietnamesehếtto finish, to end, to expire, to come to an end;...
3Proto-Vieticheːtfinished
4Proto-Mon-Khmerʔət

via Vietnamese hết trọi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehết trọi
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔət
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