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Where does “寝る” come from?
寝る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 寝, from Middle Chinese 寢.
寝る
(Japanese): to sleep
Definitions
to sleep
Ancestry of “寝る”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Japanese
寝
sleep, sleeping; to sleep
2
Middle Chinese
寢
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Words derived from “寝る”
寝坊
寝込む
朝寝坊
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