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Where does “sofir” come from?

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

sofir (Icelandic): second-person singular present subjunctive of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “sofir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsofato sleep
2Old Norsesofa—
3Proto-Germanicswefanąto sleep
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →