Where does “sawa” come from?
sawa (Dutch) comes from Malay sawah, from Proto-Austronesian *sabaq.
sawa (Dutch): rice paddy
Ancestry of “sawa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | sawah | paddy; rice paddy |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | *sabaq | — |
Words derived from “sawa”