Sweven Definition
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Origin of Sweven
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From Middle English, from Old English swefn (“sleep, dream, vision"), from Proto-Germanic *swifnÄ…, *swifnaz (“sleep"), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos (“dream"), from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“to sleep"). Cognate with Dutch suf (“drowsy"), Middle High German swÄ“b (“sleep"), Danish søvn (“sleep"), Latin somnus (“sleep, slumber, drowsiness"), Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna), Ancient Greek ὕπνος (hupnos).
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