svefn
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- sleep
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz (dream, sleep) 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
- hypno- English
- hypnosis English
- hypnotic English
- hypnotism English
- hypnotist English
- hypnotizability English
- hypnotizable English
- hypnotize English
- parasomnia English
- somnifacient English
- somniloquacious English
- somnipathy English
- sweven English
- swevening 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
- выспаться Russian
- заспать Russian
- отоспать Russian
- переспать Russian
- поспать Russian
- проснуться Russian
- проспать Russian
- сомнамбулизм Russian
- спальный Russian
- спальня Russian
- спать Russian
- спаться Russian
- успение 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
- søvnløs Norwegian Bokmål
- søvnmangel Norwegian Bokmål
- søvnproblem Norwegian Bokmål
- sono Portuguese
- *swabjaną Proto-Germanic
- *swefaną Proto-Germanic
- *swefnaz Proto-Germanic
- *swefną Proto-Germanic
- sömn Swedish
- spać Polish
- søvn Norwegian Nynorsk
- søvnmangel Norwegian Nynorsk
- søvnproblem Norwegian Nynorsk
- swefn Old English
- unswefn Old English
- प्र-स्वपिति Sanskrit
- स्वप् Sanskrit
- स्वप्न Sanskrit
- स्वप्न, স্ৱপ্ন Sanskrit
- sweven Middle English
- sofa 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
- sono Galician
- somn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ύπνος Greek (modern)
- sapnis Latvian
- sapņains Latvian
- քուն Old Armenian
- svøvnur Faroese
- *swefn gmw-pro
- *sounos Proto-Celtic
- *swap- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swápnas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- somnu Aromanian
- symn Old Swedish
- sɑmn Westrobothnian
- *swepnos Proto-Italic
- *swepōs Proto-Italic
- sien Romansh
- sueñu Asturian
- съпати Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- sium Friulian
- nzunnari Sicilian
- sonnu Sicilian
- hwʾb Middle Persian
- *swápnas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- asunâse Ligurian
- séunno Ligurian
- samno Dalmatian
- suonno Neapolitan
- *húpnos Proto-Hellenic
- somme Picard
- *ṣw’äp(ä)ne Proto-Tocharian