English
Padang
Padang comes from Malay padang ‘uncultivated field’, and goes back to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ.
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*padaŋ‘uncultivated field, open grassland’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Malaymodernpadang‘uncultivated field’
- IndonesianmodernPadang
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*padaŋ‘uncultivated field, open grassland’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Malaymodernpadang‘uncultivated field’
- IndonesianmodernPadang
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ
Today it means
name The capital and largest city of West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ / Padang