Where does “mataʻu” come from?

mataʻu (Tahitian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Austronesian *matakut — afraid, scared.

mataʻu (Tahitian): fear

Definitions

  1. fear

Ancestry of “mataʻu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*matakutafraid, scared
2Proto-Austronesian*matakutafraid, scared
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *matakut →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matakut →
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