Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swefn

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swefnaz.

Noun

*swefn m[1]

  1. (North Sea Germanic) sleep, dream

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *swefn
Genitive *swefnas
Singular Plural
Nominative *swefn *swefnō, *swefnōs
Accusative *swefn *swefnā
Genitive *swefnas *swefnō
Dative *swefnē *swefnum
Instrumental *swefnu *swefnum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330:PWGmc *swefn