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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

swim pt. swam, pp. swum. OE. str. vb. swimman = OS., OHG. swimman (Du. zwemmen, G. schwimmen), ON. svim(m)a :- Gmc. *swimman, f. *swimm- *swamm- *swumm-.
Hence sb. XVI.

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