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Number: 1933
Root: su̯em-
English meaning: to move; to swim
German meaning: `sich bewegen', im Germ. meist `schwimmen'
Material: Air. to-senn- `verfolgen' (*su̯em-d-ne-), Verbalnomen tofunn, wohl zu: norw. svamla `phantasieren', svamra `umherirren, schwärmen'; aisl. svim(m)a, symja (Prät. svamm summum und svam svǭmum) `schwimmen', ahd. as. ags. swimman ds.; Kaus. mhd. swemmen `schwimmen lassen', nhd. schwemmen; afries. swammia, mhd. swamen `schwimmen', isl. norw. svamla, sumla `plätschern', got. swumsl n. `Teich'; aisl. sund n. `das Schwimmen; Meerenge, Sund' (d. i. `*noch überschwimmbar'), syndr `schwimmfähig', ags. sund n. `Schwimmfähigkeit', poet. `See, Wasser', mnd. sunt (-d-) `Meerenge' (nhd. Sund); anders über nhd. Sund Kluge-Gotze16 780.
References: WP. II 524.
Pages: 1046
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *swem(bh)-
Meaning: to be unsteady, to swim
Russ. meaning: бежать, плыть
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *swamb-u- adj., *swam̃b-a-l-a- adj.
Meaning: unsteady
Lithuanian: svambù- 'durch Schwere schwankend (von Ähren), schwer', svam̃bala- 'was hangend baumelt oder dazu bestimmt ist'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *swiman-, *swimman-, caus. *swamjan-, *swamōn-, *sunda-n, *swúmsla-n etc.
Meaning: swim; sound
Gothic: swumfsl n. (a) `pool'
Old Norse: svimma, svima, sümja st. `schwimmen'; sund n. `Schwimmen; Sund, Meer'; sünd-r `der schwimmen kann'
Norwegian: dial. svemja, sümja vb.; dial. svamla, sumla 'plätschern' {`phantasieren'}, svamra `umherirren, schwärmen', svamra `umherirren'; sund; sümd vb.
Old Swedish: sund
Swedish: simma vb.
Old Danish: sund
Danish: svömme vb.
Old English: swimman `schwimmen'; sund n. `Schwimmfähigkeit; (poet.) See, Wasser'; syndig `im Schwimmen geschickt'
English: swim; sound
Old Frisian: swommia vb.
Old Saxon: swimman `schwimmen'
Middle Dutch: swemmen `drijven, zwemmen'; swimmen
Dutch: zwemmen
Middle Low German: swemmen st.; sunt, -d- m. `Meerenge'
Old High German: swimman st. (8.Jh.) `schwimmen'
Middle High German: swimmen st. 'schwimmen'; swɛmmen wk. 'schwimmen machen'; swamen wk. `schwimmen'; swam (-mm-) st. m. 'überschwemmung'
German: schwimmen, schwemmen; [Sund]
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