Where does “Sundamaa” come from?

Sundamaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish sunda, 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.

Ancestry of “Sundamaa”, step by step

Sundamaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sunda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsundaSundanese language
2SundaneseSundaSunda all senses relating to regions of Southeast Asia
3Sanskritसु-good, well
4Proto-Indo-AryanHsu-
5Proto-Indo-IranianHsu-good
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁su-good
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wes-good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-Every word from Sanskrit सु-
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