Where does “padang” come from?

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

padang (Indonesian): field

Definitions

  1. field

Ancestry of “padang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypadangfield
2Proto-Malayic*padaŋuncultivated field; open grassland
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*padaŋuncultivated field; open grassland

Words derived from “padang”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *padaŋ →Every word from Malay padang →
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