Where does “pandan” come from?

pandan (English) comes from Malay pandan, from Proto-Malayic pandan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian paŋudaN — the screw pines; "Pandanus" spp.

pandan (English): screw pine, screw palms

Definitions

  1. screw pine, screw palms

Ancestry of “pandan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypandanany plant of the genus "Pandanus"; the screw...
2Proto-Malayicpandanthe screw pines; genus "Pandanus" spp
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaŋdanany of the screw pines; "Pandanus" spp
4Proto-AustronesianpaŋudaNthe screw pines; "Pandanus" spp
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paŋudaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paŋdan →Every word from Proto-Malayic pandan →