swefan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to sleep
- (poetic) to be dead
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *swefaną (sleep) root from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (sleep, dream).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swep-
Gloss
sleep, dream
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
寝, 眠, 睡
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hypnosis English
- hypnotic English
- hypnotism English
- hypnotist English
- hypnotizability English
- hypnotizable English
- hypnotize English
- insomnia Latin
- insomnis Latin
- somniculōsus Latin
- somniferum Latin
- somniāre Latin
- somnolentia Latin
- somnolentus Latin
- sopio Latin
- sopor Latin
- sopōriferum Latin
- īnsomnia Latin
- īnsomnis Latin
- insonnolire Italian
- insonnolito Italian
- ipnosi Italian
- ipnoticamente Italian
- ipnotizzare Italian
- ipnotizzatore Italian
- sonnacchiosamente Italian
- sonnecchiare Italian
- sopimento Italian
- спать Russian
- εὕδω Ancient Greek
- ὑπνωτικός Ancient Greek
- ὕπνος Ancient Greek
- Ὕπνος Ancient Greek
- *supnós Proto-Indo-European
- *swep- Proto-Indo-European
- *swepno- Proto-Indo-European
- *swepōr Proto-Indo-European
- *swopnos Proto-Indo-European
- *swép-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *swépnos Proto-Indo-European
- *swópniʸom Proto-Indo-European
- *swópno- Proto-Indo-European
- *súpnos Proto-Indo-European
- sove Norwegian Bokmål
- *swabjaną Proto-Germanic
- *swefaną Proto-Germanic
- *swefnaz Proto-Germanic
- försova Swedish
- sova Swedish
- sovrum Swedish
- spać Polish
- sove Norwegian Nynorsk
- āswefan Old English
- प्र-स्वपिति Sanskrit
- स्वपति Sanskrit
- स्वपिति Sanskrit
- sofa Old Norse
- svefnugr Old Norse
- sove Danish
- sover Danish
- soveværelse Danish
- *sъpati Proto-Slavic
- *usъnǫti Proto-Slavic
- sofa Icelandic
- քուն Old Armenian
- sova Faroese
- *swap- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sova Old Swedish
- *swepōs Proto-Italic
- *swápati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- hwʾb Middle Persian
- asunâse Ligurian
- souæ Old Danish