English
paddy
Paddy comes from Malay padi ‘paddy plant’, and goes back to Proto-Austronesian *pajay.
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*pajayreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same form‘paddy, rice (plant)’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*padireconstructed
- Malaymodernpadi‘paddy plant’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011paddy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*pajayreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same form‘paddy, rice (plant)’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*padireconstructed
- Malaymodernpadi‘paddy plant’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011paddy
Earliest quotation: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita: “Taking out a handful of paddy the old woman…”
Every English word from Proto-Austronesian *pajay
Today it means
noun Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Austronesian *pajay / paddy