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.

*hwápati (Proto-Iranian): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “*hwápati”, step by step

*hwápati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian swápati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianswápati—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswép-e-ti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

via Proto-Indo-Iranian swap-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianswap-sleep, to sleep; dreaming

Words derived from “*hwápati”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swép-e-ti →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian swápati →