Where does “paddy” come from?

paddy (English) comes from Malay padi, from Proto-Malayic padi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay, from Proto-Austronesian pajay — paddy rice unmilled, rice plants.

paddy (English): Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is...

Definitions

  1. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is...

Ancestry of “paddy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypadirice
2Proto-Malayicpadipaddy, unmilled rice
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpajaypaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
4Proto-Austronesianpajaypaddy rice unmilled, rice plants
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pajay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay →Every word from Proto-Malayic padi →