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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swimman
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.
Verb
*swimman
- to swim
Inflection
| Class 3 strong | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *swimman | |
| 1st sg. past | *swamm | |
| 3rd pl. past | *swummun | |
| Past ptcple | *swumman | |
| Infinitive | *swimman | |
| Genitive infin. | *swimmannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *swimmannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *swimmannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swimmu | *swamm |
| 2nd singular | *swimmiʀi | *swummī |
| 3rd singular | *swimmidi | *swamm |
| 1st plural | *swimmum | *swummum |
| 2nd plural | *swimmid | *swummud |
| 3rd plural | *swimmand | *swummun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swimmē | *swummī |
| 2nd singular | *swimmēs | *swummī |
| 3rd singular | *swimmē | *swummī |
| 1st plural | *swimmēm | *swummīm |
| 2nd plural | *swimmēþ | *swummīd |
| 3rd plural | *swimmēn | *swummīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *swimm | |
| Plural | *swimmid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *swimmandī | *swumman |
Descendants
- Old English: swimman
- Middle English: swimmen
- Scots: sweem, soom
- English: swim
- Middle English: swimmen
- Old Frisian: swimma
- Saterland Frisian: swimme
- West Frisian: swimme
- Old Saxon: swimman
- Middle Low German: swemmen
- Low German: swimmen, swemmen
- Plautdietsch: schwamen
- Middle Low German: swemmen
- Old Dutch: *swimman
- Middle Dutch: swemmen
- Dutch: zwemmen
- Limburgish: zwömme
- Middle Dutch: swemmen
- Old High German: swimman
- Middle High German: swimmen
- Bavarian: schwimma
- German: schwimmen
- Luxembourgish: schwammen
- Vilamovian: śwyma
- Yiddish: שווימען (shvimen)
- Middle High German: swimmen