Where does “Rückenschwimmen” come from?

Rückenschwimmen (German) comes from German rücken, from Middle High German rücken, from Old High German rucchen, from Proto-Germanic *rukkijan, from Proto-Germanic rukkijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

Rückenschwimmen (German): backstroke swimming

Definitions

  1. backstroke swimming

Ancestry of “Rückenschwimmen”, step by step

Rückenschwimmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German rücken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrückento move, to push; to move over
2Middle High Germanrücken
3Old High Germanrucchen
4Proto-Germanic*rukkijan
5Proto-Germanicrukkijanąto pull, to tug; to rock
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
9Chichewaiyehe, she

via German Schwimmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchwimmengerund of schwimmen; swim, the act of swimming
2Middle High Germanswimmento swim
3Old High Germanswimman
4Proto-West Germanicswimmanto swim
5Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -janąEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti