Where does “ฮาตี” come from?

ฮาตี (Urak Lawoi') comes from Proto-Malayic hati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatay, from Proto-Austronesian qaCay — liver.

ฮาตี (Urak Lawoi'): liver organ of the body

Definitions

  1. liver organ of the body

Ancestry of “ฮาตี”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayichatiliver
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatayliver
3Proto-AustronesianqaCayliver
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaCay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatay →Every word from Proto-Malayic hati →