swimman
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to swim
Etymology
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
- swim English
- *swem(bʰ)- Proto-Indo-European
- svømme Norwegian Bokmål
- *sundą Proto-Germanic
- *swammijaną Proto-Germanic
- *swimmaną Proto-Germanic
- simma Swedish
- swimmen Middle English
- svima Old Norse
- svimma Old Norse
- symja Old Norse
- svømme Danish
- swemmen Middle Dutch
- swimman Old High German
- svimja Faroese
- swimmen Middle High German
- *swimman gmw-pro
- *swimman Old Dutch
- swimman Old Saxon
- swimme Western Frisian
- swimma Old Frisian
- swimmen Low German
- suma Norn