Introduction to the Sanskrit word स्वप्न svapna meaning sleep or a dream

 


Namaste friends! Today, I am introducing you to the Sanskrit word  स्वप्न svapna meaning sleep or a dream.  This word is the origin of a number of words in different languages round the world as will be illustrated below.  As you will notice that the most notable observation during this illustration is the pronunciation of this word in different languages. The Sanskrit word  स्वप्न svapna meaning sleep or a dream is pronounced in Old Norse language as svefn, in Old English swefn, sleep, a  dream, in Slavonic sǔpati, to sleep and in Lithuanian language sapnas, a dream.

The following English words are also derivation of the Sanskrit word svapna:

1. Somnolence,
2. Somnolent;
3. Somnambulate,
4. Somnambulism,
5. Somnambulist, 
6. Somnambulistic;
7. Somnifacient,
 8. Somniferous,
9. Somniloquy,
10. Somniloquous; 
11. Somnolescent,
12. Somnolescence;
 13. Insomnia
14. Insomniac,
15. Insomnious.
16. Sopite (adjective and verb),
17. Soporiferous,
18. Soporific,
 19. Soporose.
20. Hypnos,
 21. Hypnosis,
 22. Hypnotic,
23. Hypnotism,
 24. Hypnotist,
 25. Hypnotize.

The following is the etymological sequential chain of different words.  This chain ultimately goes to its root, to the Sanskrit word स्वप्न svapna: 

Latin somnus, sleep, personified as Somnus, God of Sleep, is akin to the synonym Greek hupnos, personified as Hupnos, English Hypnos, itself akin to Sanskrit स्वप्न svapna, sleep, a dream, svápati, he sleeps; cf Latin sōpīre, to send to sleep, sōpor, something that induces sleep, hence (a heavy sleep; cf also Old Norse sofa, to sleep, and Old Norse svefn, Old English swefn, sleep, a dream, Slavonic sǔpati, to sleep, Lithuanian sapnas, a dream,

Greek hupnos has derivative hupnoun, to put to sleep, whence hupnōtikos, tending to sleep, Late Latin hypnōticus, Early French-French hypnotique, English hypnotic; Scientific Latin has, from Greek hupnos, coined hypnosis (suffix -osis), adopted by English (cf the French hypnose).

The origin of the word "Hypnosis" is the Sanskrit word "svapna" meaning sleep or a dream.


Insomnia has also its origin in svapna.

 

The word "Sofa" has its origin in the Sanskrit word "svapna" meaning sleep or a dream.

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