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Where does “sunda” come from?

sunda (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic sundijō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁s-ónt-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₁sónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.

Ancestry of “sunda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsundijōsin
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁s-ónt-ih₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁sóntsactive participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-—

Words derived from “sunda”

  • zondebok
  • zonde
  • hoofdzonde
  • sonde
  • sonde
  • sondu
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