Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/swap-

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swep-.

Root

*swap-

sleep, to sleep
dreaming

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *swap-
- Sanskrit: स्वप् (svap)
Proto-Iranian: *hwápati
- Avestan: 𐬓𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬥 (xᵛapan)
- Gilaki: خفت (xuft)
- Northern Kurdish: xew (“sleep”), xewn (“dream”)
- Middle Persian: hwʾb (xvāb)
  - Persian: خواب (xvâb, xâb)
    - → Urdu: خواب (xvāb)
- Lurish:
  - Northern Luri: خاو (xāw)
    Nahavandi: خۋ (xü)
  - Bakhtiari: خٱو (xaw)
  - Southern Luri: خٱو (xaw)

Derived terms

*swápati
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *swápati
  - Vedic Sanskrit: स्वपति (svápati)
    - Classical Sanskrit: स्वपिति (svápiti)
*swápnas (“dream”)

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