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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swefnaz
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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
- Middle English: swevene, 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