Etymology

sleepward

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Today it means: toward sleep Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *wardaz ← Proto-Indo-European *wert- ← English sleep
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The story

  1. Englishsleep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  3. Proto-Germanic*wardaz
  4. English todaysleepward

From sleep + -ward.

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