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Why there are several words for swimming?

Why there are several words for swimming?
  1. What is the root word of swimming?
  2. What is the English word for swimming?
  3. What kind of word is swimming?

What is the root word of swimming?

Old English swimman "to move in or on the water, float" (class III strong verb; past tense swamm, past participle swummen), from Proto-Germanic *swimjan (source also of Old Saxon and Old High German swimman, Old Norse svimma, Dutch zwemmen, German schwimmen), from PIE root *swem- "to be in motion."

What is the English word for swimming?

swim (MOVE IN WATER)

What kind of word is swimming?

Swimming is a verb; the present participle of swim.

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