Where does “Sundalander” come from?
Sundalander (English) comes from English Sundaland, 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- — good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast.
Sundalander (English): A person from Sundaland
Definitions
- A person from Sundaland
Ancestry of “Sundalander”, step by step
Sundalander traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Sundaland
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sundaland | A biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age |
| 2 | English | Sunda | Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago |
| 3 | Indonesian | Pasundan | West Java |
| 4 | Sundanese | Sunda | Sunda all senses relating to regions of Southeast Asia |
| 5 | Sanskrit | सु- | good, well |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hsu- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hsu- | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁su- | good |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wes- | good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |