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