Where does “swymmen” come from?

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

swymmen (Middle English): To swim move in water

Definitions

  1. To swim move in water

Ancestry of “swymmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishswimmanto swim
2Proto-West Germanicswimmanto swim
3Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swimmaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic swimman →