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Where does “parang” come from?

parang (English) comes from Malay parang, from Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.

parang (English): A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in...

Definitions

  1. A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in...

Ancestry of “parang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayparang—
2Proto-Malayic*paraŋ—
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