Where does “svømmebassin” come from?

svømmebassin (Danish) comes from Danish bassin, from French bassin, from Middle French bassin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin baccinum, from Late Latin bacca — wine jug.

svømmebassin (Danish): swimming pool

Definitions

  1. swimming pool

Ancestry of “svømmebassin”, step by step

svømmebassin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish bassin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbassinbasin; pool
2Frenchbassinpond, ornamental lake, basin; bowl, bedpan; basin
3Middle Frenchbassinbasin
4Old Frenchbacinbasin
5Vulgar Latinbaccinumwide bowl
6Late Latinbaccawine jug

via Danish svømme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsvømmeswim; float
2Old Norsesvimmato swim
3Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim
Every word from Late Latin bacca →Every word from Vulgar Latin baccinum →Every word from Old French bacin →