Where does “sofa” come from?

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

sofa (Icelandic): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “sofa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesofato sleep
2Proto-Germanicswefanąto sleep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

Words derived from “sofa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swefaną →Every word from Old Norse sofa →