Where does “padai” come from?

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

padai (Western Cham): rice plant

Definitions

  1. rice plant

Ancestry of “padai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*padayunhusked rice; paddy
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpajaypaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
3Proto-Austronesianpajaypaddy rice unmilled, rice plants
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pajay →