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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/supnós

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *swep- (“to sleep”) +‎ *-nós.

Noun

*supnós m [1][2]

  1. sleep
  2. death

Inflection
Thematic
singular
nominative *supnós
genitive *supnósyo
singular dual plural
nominative *supnós — —
vocative *supné — —
accusative *supnóm — —
genitive *supnósyo — —
ablative *supnéad — —
dative *supnóey — —
locative *supnéy, *supnóy — —
instrumental *supnóh₁ — —

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Albanian: *supnē[3]
  • Balto-Slavic: *supnas[4] (see there for further descendants)
  • Celtic: *sownos[5] (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic: *húpnos
  • Tocharian: *sŭmne
    • Tocharian B: *sanme (metathesis)
      • ⇒ Tocharian B: sänmetstse (“calm, tranquil, soothed”)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “suep-, sup-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1048-1049
  2. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*swep-”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 322
  3. Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill
  4. Derksen, Rick (2015), “sapnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389
  5. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sowno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
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