Where does “zwemmer” come from?

zwemmer (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.

zwemmer (Dutch): swimmer

Definitions

  1. swimmer

Ancestry of “zwemmer”, step by step

zwemmer 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 er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swimmaną →Every word from Old Dutch swimman →