Where does “*paday” come from?

*paday (Proto-Chamic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay, from Proto-Austronesian pajay — paddy rice unmilled, rice plants.

*paday (Proto-Chamic): unhusked rice; paddy

Definitions

  1. unhusked rice; paddy

Ancestry of “*paday”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpajaypaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
2Proto-Austronesianpajaypaddy rice unmilled, rice plants

Words derived from “*paday”

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