Where does “mdiê” come from?

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

mdiê (Rade): unhusked rice

Definitions

  1. unhusked rice

Ancestry of “mdiê”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*padayunhusked rice; paddy
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpajaypaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
3Proto-Austronesianpajaypaddy rice unmilled, rice plants
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