Where does “sova” come from?

sova (Faroese) comes from Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic swefaną, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

sova (Faroese): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “sova”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesofato sleep
2Proto-Germanicswefanąto sleep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swefaną →Every word from Old Norse sofa →