Where does “atay” come from?

atay (Tagakaulu Kalagan) comes from Proto-Austronesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian qaCay — liver.

atay (Tagakaulu Kalagan): liver

Definitions

  1. liver

Ancestry of “atay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*qatay—
2Proto-AustronesianqaCayliver
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaCay →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qatay →
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