Where does “äwaschwamen” come from?

äwaschwamen (Plautdietsch) comes 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.

äwaschwamen (Plautdietsch): to flood

Definitions

  1. to flood

Ancestry of “äwaschwamen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “äwaschwamen”

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