Where does “*butaʔ” come from?

*butaʔ (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buta, from Proto-Austronesian buCa — mote in the eye.

*butaʔ (Proto-Malayic): blind

Definitions

  1. blind

Ancestry of “*butaʔ”, step by step

*butaʔ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutablind
2Proto-AustronesianbuCamote in the eye

via Proto-Austronesian *buta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*buta—

Words derived from “*butaʔ”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian buCa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buta →