Where does “वप्” come from?

वप् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Iranian hwap-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian swap-, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

वप् (Sanskrit): to strew, scatter, bestrew

Definitions

  1. to strew, scatter, bestrew

Ancestry of “वप्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianhwap-—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianswap-sleep, to sleep; dreaming
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

Words derived from “वप्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian swap- →Every word from Proto-Iranian hwap- →