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