swumi

verb

Meaning

to swim

Etymology / origin

From Old Frisian swimma, from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, move, swim”).

*swem(bʰ)-(ine-pro)→
*swimmaną(gem-pro)→
*swimman(gmw-pro)→
swimma(ofs)→
swumi (North Frisian)
Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh

Related words

swimma(ofs)*swimman(gmw-pro)*swimmaną(gem-pro)*swem(bʰ)-(ine-pro)

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