Where does “padi” come from?

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

padi (Proto-Malayic): paddy, unmilled rice

Definitions

  1. paddy, unmilled rice

Ancestry of “padi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “padi”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian pajay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay →
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