Where does “padang” come from?

padang (Karo Batak) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ — uncultivated field; open grassland.

padang (Karo Batak): kind of grass, Pogonatherum panicum Hack

Definitions

  1. kind of grass, Pogonatherum panicum Hack

Ancestry of “padang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*padaŋuncultivated field; open grassland
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