Where does “sweven” come from?

sweven (Middle English) comes from Old English swefan, from Proto-Germanic swefaną, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

sweven (Middle English): dream; vision, premonition

Definitions

  1. dream; vision, premonition

Ancestry of “sweven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishswefanto sleep; to be dead
2Proto-Germanicswefanąto sleep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

Words derived from “sweven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swefaną →Every word from Old English swefan →
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