Where does “pilikmata” come from?

pilikmata (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog mata, from Proto-Philippine mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian maCa — eye organ.

pilikmata (Tagalog): eyelash

Definitions

  1. eyelash

Ancestry of “pilikmata”, step by step

pilikmata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog mata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmataeye
2Proto-Philippinemataeye
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
4Proto-Austronesianmataeye
5Proto-AustronesianmaCaeye organ

via Tagalog pilik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpilikeyelash
2Kashubian-ik—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian maCa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian mata →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata →