Where does “swimmaną” come from?

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

swimmaną (Proto-Germanic): to be unsteady; to swim; float

Definitions

  1. to be unsteady; to swim; float

Ancestry of “swimmaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim

Words derived from “swimmaną”

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