Where does “simbassäng” come from?

simbassäng (Swedish) comes from Swedish bassäng, from French bassin, from Middle French bassin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin baccinum, from Late Latin bacca — wine jug.

simbassäng (Swedish): a swimming pool

Definitions

  1. a swimming pool

Ancestry of “simbassäng”, step by step

simbassäng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish bassäng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbassängswimming pool; pool
2Frenchbassinpond, ornamental lake, basin; bowl, bedpan; basin
3Middle Frenchbassinbasin
4Old Frenchbacinbasin
5Vulgar Latinbaccinumwide bowl
6Late Latinbaccawine jug

via Swedish simma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsimmato swim; to take a bath, to bathe
2Old Norsesvimmato swim
3Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim
Every word from Late Latin bacca →Every word from Vulgar Latin baccinum →Every word from Old French bacin →