Where does “eidam” come from?

eidam (Czech) comes from Dutch Edam, from Middle Dutch dam, from Old Dutch dam, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic dammaz — dam.

eidam (Czech): Edam cheese

Definitions

  1. Edam cheese

Ancestry of “eidam”, step by step

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