Where does “soñar” come from?

soñar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese sonhar, from Latin somniō, from Latin somnium, from Latin somnus, from Proto-Italic swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European swépnos, from Proto-Indo-European swopnos, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

soñar (Galician): to dream; first/third-person singular future...

Definitions

  1. to dream; first/third-person singular future...

Ancestry of “soñar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesonhar—
2Latinsomniōto dream
3Latinsomniumdream, vision; fantasy, daydream
4Latinsomnussleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death
5Proto-Italicswepnos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswépnossleep, slumber
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswopnosdream
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swopnos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swépnos →