Where does “Schwemmen” come from?

Schwemmen (German) 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.

Schwemmen (German): plural of Schwemme

Definitions

  1. plural of Schwemme

Ancestry of “Schwemmen”, 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 “Schwemmen”

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