Etymology Explorer › Lower Sorbian

Where does “spaś” come from?

spaś (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic sъpati, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

spaś (Lower Sorbian): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “spaś”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsъpatito sleep
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

Words derived from “spaś”

  • spany
  • spice
  • spicy
  • spat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →