Where does “maka” come from?

maka (English) comes from Hawaiian Maka, from Polynesian *mata.

maka (English): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “maka”, step by step

maka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian Maka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianMakaeye organ
2Polynesian*mata—

via Polish Mąka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishMąkaflour
2Proto-Slavicmǭkaflour
Every word from Polynesian *mata →Every word from Hawaiian Maka →