Etymology

sleeptalk

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Today it means: To talk unconsciously in one's sleep. Full definition →

English talk ← Middle English talken ← Old English *tealcian
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The story

  1. Englishsleep
  2. Proto-Germanic*talōną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*talōn
  4. Proto-West Germanic*talkōn
  5. Old English*tealcian
  6. Middle Englishtalken
  7. Englishtalk
  8. English todaysleeptalk

From sleep + talk.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.