Where does “swimme” come from?

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

swimme (Saterland Frisian): to swim

Definitions

  1. to swim

Ancestry of “swimme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianswimma—
2Proto-West Germanicswimmanto swim
3Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
4Proto-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 →