Where does “קלאַפֿטערשוווּם” come from?

קלאַפֿטערשוווּם (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שוווּם, from English swum — past participle of swim; simple past tense of...

קלאַפֿטערשוווּם (Yiddish): freestyle, front crawl

Definitions

  1. freestyle, front crawl

Ancestry of “קלאַפֿטערשוווּם”, step by step

קלאַפֿטערשוווּם traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שוווּם

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

via Yiddish קלאַפֿטער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקלאַפֿטערfathom the length of a man’s armspan, roughly six feet
Every word from English swumEvery word from Yiddish שוווּם