Where does “alimatok” come from?

alimatok (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qali-mətaq, from Proto-Austronesian qaNi-məCaq.

alimatok (Cebuano): a leech; an aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis

Definitions

  1. a leech; an aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis

Ancestry of “alimatok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqali-mətaq—
2Proto-AustronesianqaNi-məCaq—

Words derived from “alimatok”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaNi-məCaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qali-mətaq →