sweven
Middle English
/ˈswɛvən/
noun
Definitions
- dream especially a prophetic one
- waking vision, premonition
Etymology
Inherited from Old English swefn (dream, sleep, vision) inherited from *swefn inherited from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz (dream, sleep) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (sleep, slumber, dream).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swépnos
Gloss
sleep, slumber, dream
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
夢
Emoji
🏨 💤 😪 😴 🛌 🛏️ 🏕️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sweven English
- swevening English
- somnium Latin
- somnolentus Latin
- somnus Latin
- ὕπνος Ancient Greek
- *swep- Proto-Indo-European
- *swepno- Proto-Indo-European
- *swépnos Proto-Indo-European
- *swefnaz Proto-Germanic
- *swefną Proto-Germanic
- swefn Old English
- swefnian Old English
- unswefn Old English
- स्वप् Sanskrit
- स्वप्न Sanskrit
- स्वप्न, স্ৱপ্ন Sanskrit
- swevenen Middle English
- swevenyng Middle English
- svefn Old Norse
- *swefn gmw-pro
- *sounos Proto-Celtic
- *swápnas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sɑmn Westrobothnian
- *swepnos Proto-Italic
- *swápnas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *ṣw’äp(ä)ne Proto-Tocharian