Where does “זשאַבעשוווּם” come from?

זשאַבעשוווּם (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish זשאַבע, from Proto-Slavic žaba, from Proto-Slavic žěba — chaffinch.

זשאַבעשוווּם (Yiddish): breaststroke

Definitions

  1. breaststroke

Ancestry of “זשאַבעשוווּם”, step by step

זשאַבעשוווּם traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish זשאַבע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishזשאַבעfrog; toad
2Proto-Slavicžabafrog, toad
3Proto-Slavicžěbachaffinch

via Yiddish שוווּם

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשוווּםa swim
2Englishswumpast participle of swim; simple past tense of...
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