Where does “padang” come from?

padang (Mandar) comes from Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ — uncultivated field; open grassland.

padang (Mandar): sword grass, Imperata cylindrica

Definitions

  1. sword grass, Imperata cylindrica

Ancestry of “padang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-South Sulawesi*padaŋ—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*padaŋuncultivated field; open grassland
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ →