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
- freestyle, front crawl
Ancestry of “קלאַפֿטערשוווּם”, step by step
קלאַפֿטערשוווּם traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish שוווּם
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | שוווּם | a swim |
| 2 | English | swum | past participle of swim; simple past tense of... |
via Yiddish קלאַפֿטער
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | קלאַפֿטער | fathom the length of a man’s armspan, roughly six feet |