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]

sleep
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

*swépnos

Descendants

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

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “suep-, sup-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1048-1049
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
Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill
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
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sowno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 351

[IEW-1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “suep-, sup-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1048-1049

[TOitPIEatPIEw-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