Where does “soño” come from?

soño (Galician) comes from Portuguese sonho, 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.

soño (Galician): dream; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. dream; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “soño”, step by step

soño traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese sonho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesonhodream; filled doughnut
2Latinsomniumdream, vision; fantasy, daydream
3Latinsomnussleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death
4Proto-Italicswepnos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswépnossleep, slumber
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswopnosdream
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

via Old Portuguese sono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesono—

Words derived from “soño”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swopnos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swépnos →