Active Voice
Indicative Present
| 1st sing. | swimmō |
| 2nd sing. | swimmizi |
| 3rd sing. | swimmidi |
| 1st dual | swimmōz |
| 2nd dual | swimmadiz |
| 1st plur. | swimmamaz |
| 2nd plur. | swimmid |
| 3rd plur. | swimmandi |
Indicative Past
| 1st sing. | swamm |
| 2nd sing. | swammt |
| 3rd sing. | swamm |
| 1st dual | summū |
| 2nd dual | summudiz |
| 1st plur. | summum |
| 2nd plur. | summud |
| 3rd plur. | summun |
Subjunctive Present
| 1st sing. | swimmaų |
| 2nd sing. | swimmaiz |
| 3rd sing. | swimmai |
| 1st dual | swimmaiw |
| 2nd dual | swimmaidiz |
| 1st plur. | swimmaim |
| 2nd plur. | swimmaid |
| 3rd plur. | swimmain |
Subjunctive Past
| 1st sing. | summį̄ |
| 2nd sing. | summīz |
| 3rd sing. | summī |
| 1st dual | summīw |
| 2nd dual | summīdiz |
| 1st plur. | summīm |
| 2nd plur. | summīd |
| 3rd plur. | summīn |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | swimm |
| 3rd sing. | swimmadau |
| 2nd dual | swimmadiz |
| 2nd plur. | swimmid |
| 3rd plur. | swimmandau |
Passive Voice
Indicative
| 1st sing. | swimmai |
| 2nd sing. | swimmazai |
| 3rd sing. | swimmadai |
| 1st plur. | swimmandai |
| 2nd plur. | swimmandai |
| 3rd plur. | swimmandai |
Subjunctive
| 2nd sing. | swimmaizau |
| 3rd sing. | swimmaidau |
| 1st plur. | swimmaindau |
| 2nd plur. | swimmaindau |
| 3rd plur. | swimmaindau |
Participles
| Present | swimmandz |
| Past | summanaz |
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Appears to stem from a quasi-Indo-European root *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, move, swim”), albeit with no certain cognates outside of Germanic. Kroonen rejects phonetic and semantic connection to Old Irish seinnid (“to reach, bring”). Orel (who reconstructs the Proto-Germanic as *swemmaną) considers the word a secondary ablaut of Proto-Germanic *swīmaną (“to move back and forth”), which he derives from a hypothetical earlier *swīp-m-anan and tentatively connects to *swaipaną (“to sweep”). This is semantically attractive, though requires a somewhat phonetically bold pre-form.
Verbs referencing "swimmaną"
English
swim, Dutch
zwemmen, German, old spelling
schwimmen, Swedish
simma, Norn suma, Faroese
svimja, Afrikaans
swem, Danish
svømme, Norwegian
svømme, Low Saxon swimmen, Luxembourgish
schwammen, Middle Dutch
swemmen, Frisian, Saterlandic swimme, Middle English
swymmen, Frisian, Northern swumme, Frisian, Northern swume, Frisian, Northern swome, Wymysorys
švymma, Wymysorys
śwyma, Wymysorys
śwymma.
Cognates
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