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.
มาตาธิปไตย (Thai): matriarchy
Ancestry of “มาตาธิปไตย”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | มาตา | mother |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | mata | eye |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | mata | eye |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | mata | eye |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | maCa | — |