Where does “sawah” come from?

sawah (English) comes from Malay sawah, from Proto-Austronesian *sabaq.

sawah (English): A rice paddy

Definitions

  1. A rice paddy

Ancestry of “sawah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysawahpaddy; rice paddy
2Proto-Austronesian*sabaq—

Words derived from “sawah”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *sabaq →Every word from Malay sawah →
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