Where does “măt” come from?

măt (Bahnar) comes from Proto-Bahnaric *mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat — eye.

măt (Bahnar): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “măt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bahnaric*mat—
2Proto-Mon-Khmermateye
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat →Every word from Proto-Bahnaric *mat →
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