Where does “mata” come from?

mata (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian maCa — eye organ.

mata (Old Javanese): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “mata”, step by step

mata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
2Proto-Austronesianmataeye
3Proto-AustronesianmaCaeye organ

via Sanskrit माता

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमाताmother
2Indo-Iranian*máHtā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “mata”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian maCa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian mata →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata →