Where does “*mate” come from?

*mate (Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian aCay.

Ancestry of “*mate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(m-)atayto die
2Proto-AustronesianaCay—

Words derived from “*mate”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian aCay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (m-)atay →
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