Where does “pagay” come from?

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

pagay (Yogad): rice (Oryza)

Definitions

  1. rice (Oryza)

Ancestry of “pagay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpajaypaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
2Proto-Austronesianpajaypaddy rice unmilled, rice plants
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pajay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay →