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 unmilled, rice plants.

padi (Indonesian): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “padi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypadirice
2Proto-Malayicpadipaddy, unmilled rice
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpajaypaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
4Proto-Austronesianpajaypaddy rice unmilled, rice plants

Words derived from “padi”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian pajay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay →Every word from Proto-Malayic padi →