Where does “Sundaland” come from?
Sundaland (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.
Sundaland (English): A biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age
Definitions
- A biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age
Ancestry of “Sundaland”, step by step
Sundaland traces back through 3 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 Dutch Soendaland
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Soendaland | Sundaland biogeographical region |
| 2 | Dutch | land | land; country; land |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lant | land; country, region; ground, earth |
| 4 | Old Dutch | lant | land; land, terrain; territory |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |