Where does “sueño” come from?
sueño (Asturian) comes from Asturian soñar, from Asturian suañar, from Asturian suañu, from Latin somnium, from Latin somnus, from Proto-Italic swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European swépnos, from Proto-Indo-European swopnos — to sleep.
sueño (Asturian): first-person singular present indicative of soñar
Definitions
- first-person singular present indicative of soñar
Ancestry of “sueño”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Asturian | soñar | Alternative form of suañar |
| 2 | Asturian | suañar | to dream; to imagine |
| 3 | Asturian | suañu | dream |
| 4 | Latin | somnium | dream, vision; fantasy, daydream |
| 5 | Latin | somnus | sleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | swepnos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swépnos | sleep, slumber |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swopnos | dream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swep- | to sleep |