Words that come from Old Dutch “dam”

97 words across 34 languages descend from Old Dutch dam — including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Amsterdamer, schiedam, Rotterdammer, Amsterdam, Aemstelredam, dam.

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Dutch (29)

English (13)

Latin (6)

Polish (4)

Finnish (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Esperanto (3)

German (3)

Chinese (2)

Afrikaans (2)

French (2)

Czech (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Spanish (2)

Russian (1)

Japanese (1)

Yiddish (1)

Hebrew (1)

Romanian (1)

Indonesian (1)

Malay (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Old Polish (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Catalan (1)

Danish (1)

Estonian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Slovak (1)

Slovene (1)

Swedish (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Hindi (1)

Thai (1)