Where does “มาตาธิปไตย” come from?

มาตาธิปไตย (Thai) comes from Thai มาตา, from Proto-Malayic mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian maCa — eye organ.

มาตาธิปไตย (Thai): matriarchy

Definitions

  1. matriarchy

Ancestry of “มาตาธิปไตย”, step by step

มาตาธิปไตย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai มาตา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมาตาmother
2Proto-Malayicmataeye
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
4Proto-Austronesianmataeye
5Proto-AustronesianmaCaeye organ

via Thai อธิปไตย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอธิปไตยsovereignty
2Paliādhipateyyalordship, domination, power
Every word from Proto-Austronesian maCa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian mata →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata →