Where does “swam” come from?
swam (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic *swammaz, from Proto-Indo-European swombh- — sponge, tree-fungus, swamp.
Ancestry of “swam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *swammaz | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | swombh- | sponge, tree-fungus, swamp |
Words derived from “swam”