Where does “kaca mata” come from?

kaca 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.

kaca mata (Malay): spectacles; glasses

Definitions

  1. spectacles; glasses

Ancestry of “kaca mata”, step by step

kaca 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 kaca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykacaglass; glass, window; mirror
2Classical Malaykaca—
3Sanskritकाचglass; crystal, quartz; alkaline salt, block salt
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