Where does “mati” come from?
mati (Indonesian) comes from Malay mati, from Proto-Malayic mati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian aCay.
mati (Indonesian): dead; turned off; Unable to emit power; flat;...
Definitions
- dead; turned off; Unable to emit power; flat;...
Ancestry of “mati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | mati | dead , death, deceased; to die , pass away; dead |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | mati | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (m-)atay | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | aCay | — |