Where does “parang” come from?

parang (Tausug) comes from Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ — uncultivated field; open grassland.

parang (Tausug): grass

Definitions

  1. grass

Ancestry of “parang”, step by step

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