*swefnaz

Runic: ᛊᚹᛖᚠᚾᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈsweɸ.nɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

sleep

From Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (‘sleep’). Related to *swefaną (‘to sleep’).

*swefn (Proto-West Germanic)
- swevan (Old Saxon)
*swefn (Proto-West Germanic)
- swefn, swefen (Old English)
  - sweven, swevyn, swevon, swevene, swevne, swheven, squeven, sueven, seven, swene, swefen, suefen, sweoven (Middle English)
    - sweven (English)
    - sweven, swevyn (Scots)
svefn (Old Norse)
- swemmen (Elfdalian)
- svøvnur (Faroese)
- svivn, syvn, svämn, svömn (Gutnish)
- svefn, svöfn (Icelandic)
- svebn, svemn, svevn, svøbn, svømn, sømn, søvn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
svefn (Old Norse)
- syfn, søfn (Old Danish)
  - søvn (Danish)
    - søvn (Norwegian Bokmål)
svefn (Old Norse)
- syfn, sømn (Old Swedish)
  - sömn (Swedish)
sömn (Old Norse)
- swemmen (Elfdalian)
- svøvnur (Faroese)
- svivn, syvn, svämn, svömn (Gutnish)
- svefn, svöfn (Icelandic)
- svebn, svemn, svevn, svøbn, svømn, sømn, søvn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
sömn (Old Norse)
- syfn, søfn (Old Danish)
  - søvn (Danish)
    - søvn (Norwegian Bokmål)
sömn (Old Norse)
- syfn, sømn (Old Swedish)
  - sömn (Swedish)