Words that come from Proto-Germanic “swefaną”

49 words across 14 languages descend from Proto-Germanic swefaną — including sweb, sef, sofa, sova, sova, sofa hjá, försova, sova.

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Icelandic (17)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

Norwegian Nynorsk (6)

Danish (4)

Old English (3)

English (2)

Swedish (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Faroese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old Danish (1)

Middle English (1)