Where does “mat⁷ niː⁶” come from?

mat⁷ niː⁶ (Mang) comes from Mang mat⁷, from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat — eye.

mat⁷ niː⁶ (Mang): sun

Definitions

  1. sun

Ancestry of “mat⁷ niː⁶”, step by step

mat⁷ niː⁶ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mang mat⁷

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mangmat⁷eye
2Proto-Mon-Khmermateye

via Mang niː⁶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mangniː⁶day
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer matEvery word from Mang mat⁷
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