su̯em-

    su̯em-

    English meaning: to move; to swim

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sich bewegen”, in Gmc. meist ‘schwimmen”

    Material: O.Ir. to-senn- “ pursue “ (*su̯em-d-ne-), verbal noun tofunn, probably to: Nor. svamla “fantasize”, svamra “umherirren, schwärmen”; O.Ice. svim(m)a, symja (preterit svamm summum and svam svǭ mum ) ‘swim”, O.H.G. O.S. O.E. swimman ds.; Kaus. M.H.G. swemmen ‘swim lassen”, Ger. schwemmen; O.Fris. swammia, M.H.G. swamen ‘swim”, Ice. Nor. svamla, sumla “plätschern”, Goth. swumsl n. “pond, pool”; O.Ice. sund n. “das Schwimmen; Meerenge, Sund” (i.e. “*still ũberschwimmbar”), syndr ‘schwimmfähig”, O.E. sund n. ‘schwimmfähigkeit”, poet. ‘sea, water”, M.L.G. sunt (-d-) “Meerenge” (Ger. Sund); different about Ger. Sund Kluge-Gotze16 780.

    References: WP. II 524.