Where does “sleep-eat” come from?
sleep-eat (English) comes from English eat, from Middle English eten, from Old English eoten, from Proto-Germanic etunaz, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.
sleep-eat (English): To eat in one's sleep; to eat while asleep
Definitions
- To eat in one's sleep; to eat while asleep
Ancestry of “sleep-eat”, step by step
sleep-eat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English eat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eat | To ingest |
| 2 | Middle English | eten | To eat, devour; To consume or have a meal; To... |
| 3 | Old English | eoten | giant, monster |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | etunaz | an overeater, glutton; a giant |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
via English sleep
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sleep | To rest in a state of reduced consciousness; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | slepen | to sleep; to become asleep, to cause to sleep; to... |
| 3 | Old English | slǣpan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | slāpan | to sleep |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | slēpaną | to sleep |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | slab- | to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid |