Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “dam” come from?

dam (Danish) comes from Old Norse dammr, from Proto-Germanic dammaz — dam.

dam (Danish): pond; corf, livewell; draughts, checkers

Definitions

  1. pond; corf, livewell; draughts, checkers

Ancestry of “dam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedammrdam
2Proto-Germanicdammazdam

Words derived from “dam”

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