Where does “kulit mata” come from?

kulit mata (Iban) comes from Iban mata, from Proto-Malayic mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian maCa — eye organ.

kulit mata (Iban): eyelid

Definitions

  1. eyelid

Ancestry of “kulit mata”, step by step

kulit mata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Iban mata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanmataeye (organ)
2Proto-Malayicmataeye
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
4Proto-Austronesianmataeye
5Proto-AustronesianmaCaeye organ

via Iban kulit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibankulitskin outer covering of the body of a person
2Proto-Malayickulitskin
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankulitskin
4Proto-AustronesiankuliCrind
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