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The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*swep-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*swabjaną
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*swabbjan
4. Old English · inherited fromswebban“to put to sleep, lull, kill”
5. Middle English · inherited fromswebben“to sleep, swoon”
6. English todaysweb

From Middle English swebben (“to sleep, swoon”), from Old English swebban (“to put to sleep, lull, kill”), from From Proto-West Germanic *swabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *swabjaną, *swēbijaną (“to lull, put to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep-, *sup- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Icelandic svefja (“to put to sleep, lull, soothe”), Latin sōpiō (“put to sleep, lull”, verb). Related to sweven.

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