Where does “Zaandammer” come from?

Zaandammer (Dutch) comes from Dutch Zaandam, from Dutch zaan, from Middle Dutch saen, from Old Dutch sān, from Proto-West Germanic sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic sēna, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Zaandammer (Dutch): an inhabitant or a resident of Zaandam

Definitions

  1. an inhabitant or a resident of Zaandam

Ancestry of “Zaandammer”, step by step

Zaandammer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Zaandam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchZaandam—
2Dutchzaansoon; cream
3Middle Dutchsaenquickly, soon; immediately, right away; suddenly,...
4Old Dutchsān—
5Proto-West Germanicsān(ō)immediately
6Proto-Germanicsēna—
7Proto-Germanic*sa—
8Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
9Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →