Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swefn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swefnaz.

Noun

*swefn m[1]

(North Sea Germanic) sleep, dream

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*swefn
Genitive	*swefnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swefn	swefnō, swefnōs
Accusative	*swefn	*swefnā
Genitive	*swefnas	*swefnō
Dative	*swefnē	*swefnum
Instrumental	*swefnu	*swefnum

Descendants

Old English: swefn, swefen
- Middle English: sweven, swevyn, swevon, swevene, swevne, swheven, squeven, sueven, seven, swene; swefen, suefen, sweoven
  - English: sweven
  - Scots: sweven, swevyn
Old Saxon: swevan

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330: “PWGmc *swefn”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330: “PWGmc *swefn”