Where does “hwʾb” come from?

hwʾb (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *hwápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian swápati, from Proto-Indo-European swép-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

hwʾb (Middle Persian): sleep

Definitions

  1. sleep

Ancestry of “hwʾb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*hwápatito sleep
2Proto-Indo-Iranianswápati—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswép-e-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swép-e-ti →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian swápati →