Where does “svimja” come from?

svimja (Faroese) comes from Old Norse svimma, from Proto-Germanic swimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.

svimja (Faroese): to swim

Definitions

  1. to swim

Ancestry of “svimja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesvimmato swim
2Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim

Words derived from “svimja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swimmaną →Every word from Old Norse svimma →