Where does “padang” come from?

padang (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ — uncultivated field; open grassland.

padang (Iban): field; meadow

Definitions

  1. field; meadow

Ancestry of “padang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*padaŋuncultivated field; open grassland
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*padaŋuncultivated field; open grassland

Words derived from “padang”

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