Where does “Sunda Strait” come from?
Sunda Strait (English) comes from English strait, from Italian stretto, from Spanish estrecho, from Old Spanish estrecho, from Latin strictus, from Latin stringere, from Latin stringo, from Proto-Italic stringō — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
Sunda Strait (English): The strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra
Definitions
- The strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra
Ancestry of “Sunda Strait”, step by step
Sunda Strait traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strait
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strait | Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close;... |
| 2 | Italian | stretto | narrow; tight; strict |
| 3 | Spanish | estrecho | narrow; tight; close, kin |
| 4 | Old Spanish | estrecho | narrow |
| 5 | Latin | strictus | tightened, compressed, having been tightened;... |
| 6 | Latin | stringere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | stringo | I press, tighten, compress; I unsheath |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stringō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |
via English Sunda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sunda | Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago |
| 2 | Indonesian | Pasundan | West Java |
| 3 | Sundanese | Sunda | Sunda all senses relating to regions of Southeast Asia |
| 4 | Sanskrit | सु- | good, well |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hsu- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hsu- | good |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁su- | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wes- | good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast |