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Where does “swap-” come from?

swap- (Proto-Indo-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

swap- (Proto-Indo-Iranian): sleep, to sleep; dreaming

Definitions

  1. sleep, to sleep; dreaming

Ancestry of “swap-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

Words derived from “swap-”

  • ख़्वाब
  • رختخواب
  • خواب
  • خواب
  • 𐭧𐭥𐭠𐭡
  • hwap-
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