Where does “*hwápati” come from?
*hwápati (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian swápati, from Proto-Indo-European swép-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.
Ancestry of “*hwápati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | swápati | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | swép-e-ti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swep- | to sleep |