svefn
Icelandic
Etymology
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From Old Norse svefn, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *swepno-, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”).
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) svöfn
Pronunciation
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Noun
svefn m (genitive singular svefns, no plural)
Declension
declension of svefn
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Old Norse
Etymology
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From Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *swepnos, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”). Cognate with Old Saxon sweƀan, Old English swefn, English sweven. The Indo-European root also led to Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Latin somnus, Old Irish suan, Old Church Slavonic съпати (sŭpati), Russian спать (spatʹ), Latvian sapnis.
Noun
svefn m
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “svefn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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