Where does “swemmen” come from?

swemmen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch swimman, from Proto-Germanic swimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.

swemmen (Middle Dutch): to swim; to float; to overflow, to have in...

Definitions

  1. to swim; to float; to overflow, to have in...

Ancestry of “swemmen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “swemmen”

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