Where does “mato” come from?

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

mato (Minangkabau): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “mato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicmataeye
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
3Proto-Austronesianmataeye
4Proto-AustronesianmaCaeye organ
Every word from Proto-Austronesian maCa →