Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swefnaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*swebnaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swépnos. Related to *swefaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsweɸ.nɑz/

Noun

*swefnaz m

sleep

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *swefnaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*swefnaz	swefnōz, swefnōs
vocative	*swefn	swefnōz, swefnōs
accusative	*swefną	*swefnanz
genitive	swefnas, swifnis	*swefnǫ̂
dative	*swifnai	*swefnamaz
instrumental	*swefnō	*swefnamiz

Synonyms

*slēpaz

Descendants

Old English: swefn
- Middle English: swevene, sweven
  - Scots: sweven, swevyn
  - English: sweven
Old Saxon: swevan, sweban
Old High German: (swebado)
Old Norse: svefn, søfn
- Icelandic: svefn
- Faroese: svøvnur
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: søvn
  - Nynorsk: svevn, søvn
- Old Swedish: symn, sømn
  - Swedish: sömn
- Old Danish: syfn, søfn
  - Danish: søvn
- Westrobothnian: somn, sømn
- Elfdalian: swemmen
- Gutnish: svämn, svömn, svivn, syvn

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