Where does “*mata-” come from?

*mata- (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian maCa — eye organ.

*mata- (Proto-Oceanic): eye organ

Definitions

  1. eye organ

Ancestry of “*mata-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
4Proto-Austronesianmataeye
5Proto-AustronesianmaCaeye organ

Words derived from “*mata-”

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