Where does “sove” come from?

sove (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic swefaną, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

sove (Norwegian Nynorsk): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “sove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesofato sleep
2Proto-Germanicswefanąto sleep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

Words derived from “sove”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swefaną →Every word from Old Norse sofa →