Where does “oversvømmelse” come from?

oversvømmelse (Danish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål oversvømme, from German überschwemmen, from German Schwemmen, from Middle Dutch swemmen, from Old Dutch swimman, from Proto-Germanic swimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.

oversvømmelse (Danish): flood

Definitions

  1. flood

Ancestry of “oversvømmelse”, step by step

oversvømmelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål oversvømme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåloversvømmeto flood, inundate; to overrun
2Germanüberschwemmento flood
3GermanSchwemmenplural of Schwemme
4Middle Dutchswemmento swim; to float; to overflow, to have in...
5Old Dutchswimmanto swim
6Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse—
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swimmaną →Every word from Old Dutch swimman →