Where does “Edam” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Edam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdam—
2Old Dutchdam—
3Proto-West Germanic*dammdam
4Proto-Germanicdammazdam

Words derived from “Edam”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dammaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *damm →Every word from Old Dutch dam →