Where does “drěmati” come from?

drěmati (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.

drěmati (Proto-Slavic): to doze, to drowse, to slumber

Definitions

  1. to doze, to drowse, to slumber

Ancestry of “drěmati”, step by step

drěmati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European drem-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run

via Proto-Indo-European drē-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandrē-to sleep

Words derived from “drěmati

Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem-