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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/supnós

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Perhaps rebuilt from the genitive of *swóp-r̥ ~ *swép-n̥s, from *swep- (“to sleep”) +‎ *-r̥.[1][2]

Noun

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*supnós m[3][2][1]

  1. sleep
    Synonyms: *swépnos, *swópr̥
  2. (euphemistic) death
    Synonyms: *mértis, *dʰgʷʰéytis

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 — —

Descendants
  • Proto-Albanian: *supna[4]
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *súpnas (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *sounos (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *húpnos
    • Ancient Greek: ὕπνος (húpnos) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Tocharian: *sŭmne[5]
    • Tocharian B: *sanme (metathesis)
      • ⇒ Tocharian B: sänmetstse (“calm, tranquil, soothed”)

References
  1. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 299
  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, pages 322, 324
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “su̯ep-, sup-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1048–1049
  4. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
  5. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “(×)sänmetstse*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 749
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