Where does “Sunda” come from?
Sunda is an English term derived from Indonesian Pasundan, a place name in western Java whose original meaning is unknown.
Sunda (English): Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago
Definitions
- Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago
Ancestry of “Sunda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Indonesian | Pasundan | West Java |
| 2 | Sundanese | Sunda | Sunda all senses relating to regions of Southeast Asia |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सु- | good, well |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hsu- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hsu- | good |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁su- | good |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wes- | good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast |
Words derived from “Sunda”