Where does “mat” come from?

mat (Slavomolisano) comes from Serbo-Croatian mati, from Proto-Slavic mati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

mat (Slavomolisano): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “mat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmatimother
2Proto-Slavicmatimother
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmā́ˀtēmother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mā́ˀtē →Every word from Proto-Slavic mati →