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Where does “swepnos” come from?

swepnos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European swépnos, from Proto-Indo-European swopnos, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

Ancestry of “swepnos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswépnossleep, slumber
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswopnosdream
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

Words derived from “swepnos”

  • insomnia
  • somnolence
  • somnolent
  • somnambulism
  • somnambulist
  • somnambulistic
  • somniferous
  • hypersomnolence
  • somnambule
  • somnolently
  • somnific
  • insomnious
  • insomnolence
  • somnambulation
  • somnambulistically
  • somnial
  • somniferously
  • somniloquous
  • insomnolent
  • somnifacient
  • somnipathy
  • somniculous
  • semisomnia
  • somnipathist
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