-svæfur

Icelandic

Etymology

Compare the Icelandic verbs sofa (“sleep”) and svæfa (“put to sleep”). Cognate with Westrobothnian -søv.

Suffix

-svæfur

  1. a suffix related to sleep

Derived terms
  • fastsvæfur
  • kvöldsvæfur
  • langsvæfur
  • laussvæfur
  • léttsvæfur
  • morgunsvæfur
  • þungsvæfur
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