Where does “spany” come from?

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

spany (Lower Sorbian): past passive participle of spaś

Definitions

  1. past passive participle of spaś

Ancestry of “spany”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianspaśto sleep
2Proto-Slavicsъpatito sleep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Slavic sъpati →Every word from Lower Sorbian spaś →
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