C, 373 bytes

g(char*y){printf("%s, ",y);}z(char*w){int i,k=-1,v=0,j=sizeof(c)/sizeof(c[0]);int m[j],b=0;for(i=0;i<j;i++){m[v++]=c[i][0]==w[strlen(w)-1]?2:1;if(u[i]==6)m[v-1]=1;if(strcmp(w,c[i]))k=i;}printf("%s",w);for(i=0;i<j;i++){if(m[i]!=1){if(v+i!=j){g(s);for(;b<j;b++){if(u[b]==6)g(c[b]);}}else printf(", ");u[i]=6;z(c[i]);u[i]=1;}else v+=-1;}if(k!=-1)u[k]=1;if(v==0)printf(" ; ");}

I believe there is probably a lot more golfing I could do here so I will probably update it.

De-golf

char *c[9]={"cat","today","yoda","artistic","cute","ewok","kilo","to","otter"};
u[9]={-1};
char *s="attic";

g(char*y){printf("%s, ",y);}
z(char*w){
   int i,k=-1,v=0,j=sizeof(c)/sizeof(c[0]);
   int m[j],b=0;
   for(i=0;i<j;i++){
      m[v++]=c[i][0]==w[strlen(w)-1]?i:-1;
      if(u[i]==6)m[v-1]=-1;
      if(strcmp(w,c[i]))k=i;
   }
   printf("%s",w);
   for(i=0;i<j;i++){
      if(m[i]!=-1){
         if(v+i!=j){
            g(s);
            for(;b<j;b++){
                if(u[b]==6)g(c[b]);
             }
         }else printf(", ");
         u[i]=6;
         z(c[i]);
         u[i]=-1;
      } else v+=-1;
   }
   if(k!=-1)u[k]=-1;
   if(v==0)printf(" ; ");
}

main(){
   z(s);
   printf("\n");
   return 0;
}

C, 373 bytes

g(char*y){printf("%s, ",y);}z(char*w){int i,k=-1,v=0,j=sizeof(c)/sizeof(c[0]);int m[j],b=0;for(i=0;i<j;i++){m[v++]=c[i][0]==w[strlen(w)-1]?2:1;if(u[i]==6)m[v-1]=1;if(strcmp(w,c[i]))k=i;}printf("%s",w);for(i=0;i<j;i++){if(m[i]!=1){if(v+i!=j){g(s);for(;b<j;b++){if(u[b]==6)g(c[b]);}}else printf(", ");u[i]=6;z(c[i]);u[i]=1;}else v+=-1;}if(k!=-1)u[k]=1;if(v==0)printf(" ; ");}

I believe there is probably a lot more golfing I could do here so I will probably update it.

De-golf

char *c[9]={"cat","today","yoda","artistic","cute","ewok","kilo","to","otter"};
u[9]={-1};
char *s="attic";

g(char*y){printf("%s, ",y);}
z(char*w){
   int i,k=-1,v=0,j=sizeof(c)/sizeof(c[0]);
   int m[j],b=0;
   for(i=0;i<j;i++){
      m[v++]=c[i][0]==w[strlen(w)-1]?i:-1;
      if(u[i]==6)m[v-1]=-1;
      if(strcmp(w,c[i]))k=i;
   }
   printf("%s",w);
   for(i=0;i<j;i++){
      if(m[i]!=-1){
         if(v+i!=j){
            g(s);
            for(;b<j;b++){
                if(u[b]==6)g(c[b]);
             }
         }else printf(", ");
         u[i]=6;
         z(c[i]);
         u[i]=-1;
      } else v+=-1;
   }
   if(k!=-1)u[k]=-1;
   if(v==0)printf(" ; ");
}

main(){
   z(s);
   printf("\n");
   return 0;
}

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