Where does “padi” come from?
padi (Indonesian) comes from Malay padi, from Proto-Malayic padi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay, from Proto-Austronesian pajay — paddy , rice.
padi (Indonesian): rice
Ancestry of “padi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | padi | rice |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | padi | paddy , rice |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | pajay | paddy , rice |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | pajay | paddy , rice |