Where does “swimen” come from?

swimen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *swīman, from Proto-West Germanic *swīman, from Proto-Germanic swīmaną — to sway, swoon.

Ancestry of “swimen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*swīman—
2Proto-West Germanic*swīmanto sway, swoon
3Proto-Germanicswīmanąto sway, swoon

Words derived from “swimen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic swīmaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *swīman →Every word from Old Dutch *swīman →