Where does “dormicchiare” come from?

dormicchiare (Italian) comes from Italian dormire, from Latin dormiō, from Proto-Italic dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.

dormicchiare (Italian): to doze, to snooze, to nap

Definitions

  1. to doze, to snooze, to nap

Ancestry of “dormicchiare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandormireto sleep
2Latindormiōto sleep
3Proto-Italicdormiōto sleep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem- →