Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swépnos

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This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *swep- (to sleep) +‎ *-nós.

Noun[edit]

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*swépnos m[1]

  1. sleep, slumber
    Synonym: *supnós

Inflection[edit]

Thematic
singular
nominative *swépnos
genitive *swépnosyo
singular dual plural
nominative *swépnos
vocative *swépne
accusative *swépnom
genitive *swépnosyo
ablative *swépnead
dative *swépnoey
locative *swépney, *swépnoy
instrumental *swépnoh₁

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *swápnas (< *swópnos) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *swefnaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *swápnas (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *swepnos
    • Latin: somnus[2] (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Tocharian: *ṣw’äpäne, *ṣw’äpne[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “somnus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573
  3. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ṣpane”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 730