| Amh. | semb, zemb | to fly |
| Amh.: Simien | zembi | bird |
| Eth.: Galla | Simbero | bird |
| somali: Benadir | Simbir | bird |
| Eth.: Saho | kimbiro | bird |
| Eth.: Danakil | kimber | bird |
| Akk. | kimbir | ("nimbir" is an err.) bird |
| Basque | txinbo | seesaw |
| Span.: Sal. | chimbar | somersault |
| Galice | chimpar | to throw, to knock down violently |
| Basque | tximita et var. | butterfly; White Wagtail, 313 |
| Span. | chimite | White Wagtail, 313 |
| Basque | tximikatu | to tickle |
| Basque | tximitz | fine withy |
| Basque | tximista | lightning |
| Engl. | shimmy | vibration |
| Dan. | simidoj | Wagtail, 313 |
| Franç.: Lavedan | chemá | voler en suivant une courbe |
| Franç.: Teste | houmbá | vaciller, FEW 21: 363 |
| Span. | samba | a kind of dance |
| Franç.rég. | jumba | to swing |
| Prov.: Dauph. | dzumbri | trembler, FEW 21: 362 |
| Engl. | jumble | a state of confusion (not a hybrid joll and tumble) |
| Engl. | jamb, jam | to press tightly |
| Engl. | jam | to press, push violently etc.; to be in a jam: in a difficult situation |
| Engl. | jam session | impromptu jazz performance: agitated musicians |
| Engl. | jam-packed | filled as fully as possible |
| Pers. | jumbinadan | to sway |
| Pers. | dumjumbànak | White Wagtail, 313 |
| Basque | jumpa | swing |
| Franç.rég. | yumpá | to rock |
| Franç.: Lgd. | yumpar | to jump |
| Ital.: Logud. | giumpar | id. |
| Engl. | jump | to spring |
| Germ.(a.litt.) | gumpen | id. |
| Dan. | halegimpe, havrevimpe | Wagtail, 313 |
| Dutch | schommel | a swing |
| Engl. | shamble | to sway |
| Ital. | ciambolo | somersault |
| Franç.: Agen | gimpolo | a swing |
| Franç.: Bayonne | yompolá | to swing |
| Prov. | jumplá | to swing |
| Basque | txonpela | to swing |
| Span.: Nav. | chompelar, chumplarse | to swing |
| Cat. | champullar | to dive |
| Span. | zambullir | to dive, hide |
| Span. | zambullo et var. | Little Grebe, 70 |
| Span. | zambucar | to dive |
| Ital.: Nap. | sambuchin | Little Grebe, 70 |
| Ital.: Otr. | sambuttu | Little Grebe, 70 |
| Ital.: Parme | sambotar | to splash about in water |
| Ital. | sciambottare | to agitate a fluid |
| Prov. | samboutá, chamboutá | to splash about in water |
| Span. | sembrar | to sow, French semer: to broadcast seeds (whence semence, Germ. same, cf. Lettish set, hereunder |
| Roman. | semaná | to sow and also to seem |
| Franç. | simuler | simulate |
| Roman. | seamar | fellow man, French son semblable |
| French | siamois (frères) | frères qui se resemblent |
| Engl. | siamese (brothers). | brothers that resemble each each other. The paradigm to which this term belongs explains its semantics better than the etymology "so called from the Siamese twins Eng and Chang". |
| Ital. | scimmio | Franç. singe: animal that resemble man |
| Span. | semejante | Franç. semblable |
| Engl. | same | similar |
| Germ. | samt | together, French ensemble |
| Span.: Sal. | champar | to swing |
| Span. | zampar | to throw |
| Skr. | Sampa | action of diving |
| Span. | champuzar, zampuzar | to dive |
| Span. | zambuzón | Little Grebe, 70 |
| Ital.: Cal. | sambuzzare | to dive |
| Ital.: Cal. | sambuzzeddu et var. | Little Grebe, 70 |