Where does “schwemmen” come from?

schwemmen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon 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.

Ancestry of “schwemmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonswimmanto 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

Words derived from “schwemmen”

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