Where does “überschwemmen” come from?
überschwemmen (German) comes from German Schwemmen, 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.
überschwemmen (German): to flood
Ancestry of “überschwemmen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Schwemmen | plural of Schwemme |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | swemmen | to swim; to float; to overflow, to have in... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | swimman | to swim |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |
Words derived from “überschwemmen”