Where does “pandak” come from?

pandak (Tausug) comes from Malay pendek, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak.

pandak (Tausug): short (in stature of a person)

Definitions

  1. short (in stature of a person)

Ancestry of “pandak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypendekshort
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pandak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak →Every word from Malay pendek →