Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swefnaz

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

  • *swebnaz

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsweɸ.nɑz/

Noun

*swefnaz m

  1. sleep

Inflection

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