From Middle English swebben, from Old English swebban, from Proto-Germanic *swabjaną, *swēbijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swep-, *sup-. Cognate with Icelandic svefja ("to sleep"), Latin sōpiō ("put to sleep, lull"). Related to sweven.
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