Where does “mata” come from?

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

mata (Iban): eye (organ)

Definitions

  1. eye (organ)

Ancestry of “mata”, step by step

mata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic mata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicmataeye
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
3Proto-Austronesianmataeye
4Proto-AustronesianmaCaeye organ

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-hataq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ma-hataq—

Words derived from “mata”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian maCa →