Where does “Äwaschwamunk” come from?

Äwaschwamunk (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch äwaschwamen, from Plautdietsch schwamen, from Middle Low German schwemmen, 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.

Äwaschwamunk (Plautdietsch): flood, deluge, inundation

Definitions

  1. flood, deluge, inundation

Ancestry of “Äwaschwamunk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschäwaschwamento flood
2Plautdietschschwamento swim
3Middle Low Germanschwemmen—
4Old Saxonswimmanto swim
5Proto-West Germanicswimmanto swim
6Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim
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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