Slumber
/ˈslʌm.bɚ/noun
A light or restful sleep; to sleep lightly or drowsily.
Did you know?Slumber is not a spooky occult word itself, but it likely arose from a Germanic base tied to drowsiness and heavy sleep, showing how everyday English often preserves very old bodily states in sound.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*slumrōną
“to doze, slumber”
Old English
OE
slumerian
“to doze, be drowsy”
Middle English
ME
slumeren
“to slumber, sleep lightly”
14th Century
English
slomber
“sleep lightly; doze”
Modern English
English
slumber
“to sleep lightly or rest in a drowsy state”