Where does “zwemmen” come from?

zwemmen (Dutch) comes 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.

zwemmen (Dutch): to swim

Definitions

  1. to swim

Ancestry of “zwemmen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “zwemmen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swimmaną →Every word from Old Dutch swimman →