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
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