Where does “swembak” come from?

swembak (Kupang Malay) comes from Dutch zwembad, 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.

swembak (Kupang Malay): swimming pool

Definitions

  1. swimming pool

Ancestry of “swembak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzwembadswimming pool
2Dutchzwemmento swim
3Middle Dutchswemmento swim; to float; to overflow, to have in...
4Old Dutchswimmanto swim
5Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim
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