Where does “pedas” come from?
pedas (Indonesian) comes from Malay pedas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapəjəs.
pedas (Indonesian): spicy
Ancestry of “pedas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | pedas | hot, spicy; spicy |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *hapəjəs | — |