Where does “pae” come from?

pae (Lindu) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay, from Proto-Austronesian pajay — paddy rice unmilled, rice plants.

pae (Lindu): unhusked rice; year

Definitions

  1. unhusked rice; year

Ancestry of “pae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpajaypaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
2Proto-Austronesianpajaypaddy rice unmilled, rice plants
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pajay →