Words that come from Old Dutch “dam”

35 words across 16 languages descend from Old Dutch dam — including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Amsterdamer, Rotterdammer, Amsterdam, Aemstelredam, dam, Rotterdam.

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English (9)

Dutch (8)

Middle Dutch (3)

Latin (2)

German (2)

Chinese (1)

Esperanto (1)

Russian (1)

Japanese (1)

Yiddish (1)

Hebrew (1)

Afrikaans (1)

French (1)

Polish (1)

Romanian (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)