Where does “sváfum” come from?
sváfum (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sofa, from Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic swefaną, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.
sváfum (Icelandic): first-person plural past indicative of sofa
Definitions
- first-person plural past indicative of sofa
Ancestry of “sváfum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | sofa | to sleep |
| 2 | Old Norse | sofa | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | swefaną | to sleep |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swep- | to sleep |