dormir
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to sleep
- (reflexive) to fall asleep
- (euphemistic) to die; to rest in death
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dormīre inherited from Proto-Italic *dormiō derived from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (run, sleep).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*drem-
Gloss
run, sleep
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
🎽 🏃 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️ 💨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Druma Latin
- Truentus Latin
- dormio Latin
- dormīre Latin
- dormire Italian
- durmiente Spanish, Castilian
- δαρθάνω Ancient Greek
- δρομᾰ́ς Ancient Greek
- δρόμος Ancient Greek
- *drem- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- dormir Old French
- dormir Old Portuguese
- *Hnidrā́H Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *drā́yati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dormiō Proto-Italic
- dormir Asturian
- durmî Friulian
- dormir Old Occitan
- dòrmiri Sicilian
- dormir Venetian
- *awa-derna Proto-Albanian
- dormer Dalmatian
- durmir Ladino
- dormì Neapolitan
- dromir Franco-Provençal
- durmi Istro-Romanian
- durmè Tarantino
- durmì Romagnol