Where does “swima” come from?

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

swima (Old English): a swoon, swimming in the head

Definitions

  1. a swoon, swimming in the head

Ancestry of “swima”, step by step

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

Words derived from “swima”

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