Where does “zwemleraar” come from?

zwemleraar (Dutch) comes from Dutch zwemmen, 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.

zwemleraar (Dutch): a swimming instructor

Definitions

  1. a swimming instructor

Ancestry of “zwemleraar”, step by step

zwemleraar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch zwemmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzwemmento swim
2Middle Dutchswemmento swim; to float; to overflow, to have in...
3Old Dutchswimmanto swim
4Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim

via Dutch leraar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchleraarA teacher, a person who gives lessons; A...
2Middle Dutchleeraer—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swimmaną →Every word from Old Dutch swimman →
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