Where does “sonhar” come from?
sonhar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese sonnar, from Latin somniare, from Latin somnio, from Latin somnium, from Latin somnus, from Proto-Italic swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European swépnos, from Proto-Indo-European swopnos — to sleep.
sonhar (Portuguese): to dream
Definitions
- to dream
Ancestry of “sonhar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | sonnar | — |
| 2 | Latin | somniare | present active infinitive of somniō;... |
| 3 | Latin | somnio | I dream; I daydream, think idly; I talk idly |
| 4 | Latin | somnium | dream, vision; fantasy, daydream |
| 5 | Latin | somnus | sleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | swepnos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swépnos | sleep, slumber |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swopnos | dream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swep- | to sleep |