Where does “mate wareware” come from?

mate wareware (Maori) comes from Maori mate, from Proto-Polynesian mate, from Proto-Oceanic mate, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian aCay.

Ancestry of “mate wareware”, step by step

mate wareware traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maori mate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorimatedead; death; disease
2Proto-Polynesianmatedeath
3Proto-Oceanicmateto die, to be dead
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(m-)atayto die
5Proto-AustronesianaCay—

via Maori wareware

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoriwareware—
2Maoriwareignorant; saliva
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aCay →