Where does “bulu mata” come from?

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

bulu mata (Malay): eyelash hair growing on the edge of an eyelid

Definitions

  1. eyelash hair growing on the edge of an eyelid

Ancestry of “bulu mata”, step by step

bulu mata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay mata

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

via Malay bulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybuluhair; fur; feather
2Proto-Malayicbuluhair
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuluhair
4Proto-Austronesianbulu—

Words derived from “bulu mata”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian maCa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian mata →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata →