Where does “sueño” come from?

sueño (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish suenno, from Latin somnus, from Proto-Italic swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European swépnos, from Proto-Indo-European swopnos, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

sueño (Spanish): sleep, slumber; sleepiness; dream

Definitions

  1. sleep, slumber; sleepiness; dream

Ancestry of “sueño”, step by step

sueño traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish suenno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishsuennodream
2Latinsomnussleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death
3Proto-Italicswepnos
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswépnossleep, slumber
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswopnosdream
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

via Old Spanish sueno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishsueno
2Latinsonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,...
3Latinsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
4Proto-Italic*swonaōto sound, resound

Words derived from “sueño

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep-Every word from Proto-Indo-European swopnosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European swépnos