Where does “pedas” come from?

pedas (Indonesian) comes from Malay pedas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapəjəs — smarting, stinging pain.

pedas (Indonesian): spicy

Definitions

  1. spicy

Ancestry of “pedas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypedashot, spicy; spicy
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hapəjəssmarting, stinging pain
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapəjəs →Every word from Malay pedas →