swem
Afrikaans
verb
Definitions
- to swim.
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish zwemmen (swim) inherited from Middle Dutch swemmen inherited from Old Dutch *swimman inherited from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (swim, swoon, lose consciousness).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swimmaną
Gloss
swim, swoon, lose consciousness
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泳
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aanzwemmen Dutch, Flemish
- bezwemmen Dutch, Flemish
- ontzwemmen Dutch, Flemish
- rugzwemmen Dutch, Flemish
- zwembad Dutch, Flemish
- zwemblaas Dutch, Flemish
- zwembroek Dutch, Flemish
- zwemkelle Dutch, Flemish
- zwemkleding Dutch, Flemish
- zwemmen Dutch, Flemish
- zwemmer Dutch, Flemish
- zwempak Dutch, Flemish
- zwemstaart Dutch, Flemish
- zwemster Dutch, Flemish
- zwemvest Dutch, Flemish
- zwemvlies Dutch, Flemish
- zwemvogel Dutch, Flemish
- *swem(bʰ)- Proto-Indo-European
- *sundą Proto-Germanic
- *swammijaną Proto-Germanic
- *swimmaną Proto-Germanic
- swimman Old English
- svima Old Norse
- svimma Old Norse
- symja Old Norse
- swemmen Middle Dutch
- swimman Old High German
- bad Afrikaans
- swembad Afrikaans
- *swimman gmw-pro
- *swimman Old Dutch
- swimman Old Saxon
- zwömme Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish