Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swefnaz

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (sleep).[1] Related to *swefaną (to sleep).

Pronunciation

Noun

*swefnaz m

  1. 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 *swefnai *swefnamaz
instrumental *swefnō *swefnamiz

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*swefna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 497-8