Where does “gada” come from?

gada (Malay) comes from Sanskrit गदा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gadā — mace.

Ancestry of “gada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritगदाa mace, club or a bludgeon
2Proto-Indo-Iraniangadāmace

Words derived from “gada”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gadā →Every word from Sanskrit गदा →
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