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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъpati

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *supn-. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *supn- + *-ati, from *swep- (to sleep). Cognate with Lithuanian sapnuoti (to dream), Sanskrit स्वपति (svápati), स्वपिति (svápiti, to sleep), Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬟𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (xᵛafsaiti, to sleep), Latin sōpīre (to fall asleep), Proto-Germanic *swefaną (to sleep), Old English swefan (to sleep) (whence obsolete English asweve (to put to sleep, to stupefy)). Also cognate with Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Latin somnus, Old Irish súan. See also Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ (sleep, dream).

Verb

*sъpati impf[1][2]

  1. to sleep

Conjugation

Descendants

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “спать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 192
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “спать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sъpati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 481
  2. Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch, University of Vienna, page 6:*sъpa̋ti
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