Where does “sofa hjá” come from?

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

sofa hjá (Icelandic): to sleep with, to have sex with; to have sex

Definitions

  1. to sleep with, to have sex with; to have sex

Ancestry of “sofa hjá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsofato sleep
2Old Norsesofato sleep
3Proto-Germanicswefanąto sleep
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swefaną →Every word from Old Norse sofa →