Where does “pendek” come from?

pendek (Indonesian) comes from Malay pendek, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak.

pendek (Indonesian): short

Definitions

  1. short

Ancestry of “pendek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypendekshort
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pandak—

Words derived from “pendek”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak →Every word from Malay pendek →
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