English

Sunda Strait

From Sunda + strait.

A compound of Sunda + strait

Sundanese Pasundan

Indonesian Pasundan ‘former Sunda Kingdom area such as West Java,…’

English Sunda

Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘to twist’

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Latin stringō ‘compress, tighten’

Latin strictus ‘tightened, compressed, having been tightened’

Old French estreit

Middle English streit

Today it means

name The strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sunda Strait