Where does “swimman” come from?
swimman (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.
swimman (Old English): to swim
Ancestry of “swimman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | swimman | to swim |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |
Words derived from “swimman”