Where does “bercermin mata” come from?

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

bercermin mata (Malay): bespectacled wears spectacles or glasses

Definitions

  1. bespectacled wears spectacles or glasses

Ancestry of “bercermin mata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycermin mataspectacles; glasses
2Malaymataeye; edge; hole
3Proto-Malayicmataeye
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
5Proto-Austronesianmataeye
6Proto-AustronesianmaCaeye organ
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