Where does “Sundaic” come from?
Sundaic (English) comes from English Sunda, from Indonesian Pasundan, from Sundanese Sunda, from Sanskrit सु-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes- — good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast.
Sundaic (English): Of or relating to the Sundas
Definitions
- Of or relating to the Sundas
Ancestry of “Sundaic”, step by step
Sundaic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |