Where does “svømme” come from?

svømme (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse svimma, from Proto-Germanic swimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.

svømme (Norwegian Bokmål): to swim

Definitions

  1. to swim

Ancestry of “svømme”, step by step

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

Words derived from “svømme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swimmaną →Every word from Old Norse svimma →