sweven
English
/ˈswɛvən/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) A dream.
- (archaic) A vision.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sweven inherited from Old English swefn (dream, sleep, vision) inherited from *swefn inherited from Proto-Germanic *swefną inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (sleep, slumber, dream), *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
- Dreamtime English
- bedream English
- daydream English
- dream English
- dreamable English
- dreamboat English
- dreambound English
- dreamcatcher English
- dreamchild English
- dreamer English
- dreamery English
- dreamest English
- dreameth English
- dreamfish English
- dreamful English
- dreamgirl English
- dreamhole English
- dreamish English
- dreamland English
- dreamless English
- dreamlife English
- dreamlike English
- dreammate English
- dreams English
- dreamscape English
- dreamsign English
- dreamsome English
- dreamt English
- dreamward English
- dreamware English
- dreamwork English
- dreamworker English
- dreamworld English
- dreamworthy English
- dreamwrapt English
- dreamy English
- foredream English
- hypno- English
- hypnosis English
- hypnotic English
- hypnotism English
- hypnotist English
- hypnotizability English
- hypnotizable English
- hypnotize English
- interdream English
- nightdream English
- nondream English
- outdream English
- overdream English
- parasomnia English
- redream English
- somnifacient English
- somniloquacious English
- somnipathy English
- swevening English
- undream English
- *somniclum Latin
- insomnia Latin
- insomnis Latin
- somnambulus Latin
- somniculosus Latin
- somniculōsus Latin
- somnifer Latin
- somniferum Latin
- somniger Latin
- somnium Latin
- somniāre Latin
- somnolentia Latin
- somnolentus Latin
- somnulentus Latin
- somnus 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
- sonno Italian
- sopimento Italian
- suf Dutch, Flemish
- sufferd Dutch, Flemish
- sufkop Dutch, Flemish
- sufkut Dutch, Flemish
- сомнамбулизм Russian
- спать Russian
- soñolencia Spanish, Castilian
- sueño Spanish, Castilian
- εὕδω Ancient Greek
- ἀφυπνίζω Ancient Greek
- ἄγρυπνος 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
- søvn Norwegian Bokmål
- sono Portuguese
- *swabjaną Proto-Germanic
- *swefaną Proto-Germanic
- *swefnaz Proto-Germanic
- *swefną Proto-Germanic
- sömn Swedish
- sömndrucken Swedish
- sömnlös Swedish
- spać Polish
- søvn Norwegian Nynorsk
- swefn Old English
- unswefn Old English
- दुःस्वप्न Sanskrit
- प्र-स्वपिति Sanskrit
- स्वप् Sanskrit
- स्वप्न Sanskrit
- स्वप्न, স্ৱপ্ন Sanskrit
- dreme Middle English
- sweven Middle English
- swevenen Middle English
- swevenyng Middle English
- sofa Old Norse
- svefn Old Norse
- svefnugr Old Norse
- søvn Danish
- søvndrukken Danish
- søvnig Danish
- søvnløs Danish
- *sъpati Proto-Slavic
- *usъnǫti Proto-Slavic
- svefn Icelandic
- svefnfriður Icelandic
- svefnleysi Icelandic
- सपना Hindi
- स्वप्न Hindi
- sono Galician
- somn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- υπνοβάτης Greek (modern)
- ύπνος Greek (modern)
- քուն Old Armenian
- స్వప్న Telugu
- svøvnur Faroese
- *swefn gmw-pro
- *sounos Proto-Celtic
- soppa Pali
- *swap- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swápnas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- somnu Aromanian
- symn Old Swedish
- *swepnos Proto-Italic
- *swepōs Proto-Italic
- sien Romansh
- sueñu Asturian
- sium Friulian
- *swápnas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- স্বপ্ন Bengali
- سوپن Urdu
- سپنا Urdu
- nzunnari Sicilian
- sonnu Sicilian
- hwʾb Middle Persian
- xew Northern Kurdish
- xewn Northern Kurdish
- xewxane Northern Kurdish
- drim Volapük
- *swápnas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- asunâse Ligurian
- séunno Ligurian
- samno Dalmatian
- *hwáfnah Proto-Iranian
- *hwápnas Proto-Iranian
- ಸ್ವಪ್ನ Kannada
- suonno Neapolitan
- सुमिणउं Old Gujarati
- *húpnos Proto-Hellenic
- सपना Nepali
- somme Picard
- *ṣw’äp(ä)ne Proto-Tocharian
- सपना Maithili
- 𑒮𑒣𑒢𑒰 Maithili
- dream
- dreamt
- hypno-
- dreamy
- dreams
- undream
- dreamer
- bedream
- redream
- dreamful
- dreamery
- dreameth
- outdream
- nondream
- dreamest
- hypnosis
- dreamish
- daydream
- hypnotic
- dreamlike
- dreamgirl
- dreamsome
- dreamboat
- dreamland
- dreamable
- foredream
- Dreamtime
- dreamward
- dreammate
- dreamfish
- dreamless
- dreamhole
- dreamsign
- dreamlife
- overdream
- dreamware
- swevening
- hypnotism
- dreamwork
- hypnotist
- hypnotize
- dreamworld
- parasomnia
- dreamchild
- dreambound
- interdream
- nightdream
- somnipathy
- dreamscape
- dreamwrapt
- dreamworker
- dreamworthy
- somnifacient
- dreamcatcher
- hypnotizable
- hypnotizability
- somniloquacious