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Where does “ਸੌਣਾ” come from?

ਸੌਣਾ (Punjabi) comes from Vedic Sanskrit स्वपति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan swápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian swápati, from Proto-Indo-European swép-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

ਸੌਣਾ (Punjabi): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “ਸੌਣਾ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vedic Sanskritस्वपति—
2Proto-Indo-Aryanswápati—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianswápati—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswép-e-ti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →