Where does “somn” come from?

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

somn (Romanian): sleep; sheatfish

Definitions

  1. sleep; sheatfish

Ancestry of “somn”, step by step

somn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin somnus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsomnussleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death
2Proto-Italicswepnos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswépnossleep, slumber
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswopnosdream
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

via Old Church Slavonic сомъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicсомъ—
2Proto-Slavicsòmъcatfish

Words derived from “somn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swopnos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swépnos →