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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/schwemmen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
schwemmen
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schwemmen, vb., ‘to wash, soak, water,’ from MidHG. swęmmen, ‘to cause to swim, dip in water, wash in it’; a factitive of schwimmen.