Where does “мати” come from?

мати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic mati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

мати (Old Church Slavonic): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “мати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmatimother
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmā́ˀtēmother
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē →Every word from Proto-Slavic mati →