Where does “mata panas” come from?

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

mata panas (Iban): sun

Definitions

  1. sun

Ancestry of “mata panas”, step by step

mata panas 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 panas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanpanashot
2Proto-Malayicpanashot
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpanaswarm, hot
Every word from Proto-Austronesian maCa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian mata →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata →