Where does “寝ぬ” come from?

寝ぬ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 寝, from Middle Chinese 寢.

寝ぬ (Japanese): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “寝ぬ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese寝sleep, sleeping; to sleep
2Middle Chinese寢—
Every word from Middle Chinese 寢 →Every word from Japanese 寝 →
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