Where does “鹿特丹” come from?

鹿特丹 (Chinese) comes from Dutch Rotterdam, from Middle Dutch rotterdam, from Middle Dutch dam, from Old Dutch dam, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic dammaz — dam.

Ancestry of “鹿特丹”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchRotterdam
2Middle DutchrotterdamRotterdam
3Middle Dutchdam
4Old Dutchdam
5Proto-West Germanic*dammdam
6Proto-Germanicdammazdam
Every word from Proto-Germanic dammaz