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Where does “स्वपति” come from?

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

Ancestry of “स्वपति”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanswápati—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianswápati—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswép-e-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

Words derived from “स्वपति”

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