Where does “suain” come from?

suain (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish súan, from Proto-Celtic sounos, from Proto-Indo-European swépnos, from Proto-Indo-European swopnos, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

suain (Scottish Gaelic): slumber, sleep, narcosis

Definitions

  1. slumber, sleep, narcosis

Ancestry of “suain”, step by step

suain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish súan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsúanslumber, sleep
2Proto-Celticsounossleep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswépnossleep, slumber
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswopnosdream
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

via Scots Swaden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ScotsSwaden—
2Middle DutchSweden—
3Middle DutchSwede—

Words derived from “suain”

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