Where does “Rotterdammer” come from?

Rotterdammer (English) comes from Dutch Rotterdam, from Middle Dutch rotterdam, from Middle Dutch dam, from Old Dutch dam, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic dammaz — dam.

Rotterdammer (English): A native or inhabitant of Rotterdam

Definitions

  1. A native or inhabitant of Rotterdam

Ancestry of “Rotterdammer”, step by step

Rotterdammer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Rotterdam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchRotterdam—
2Middle DutchrotterdamRotterdam
3Middle Dutchdam—
4Old Dutchdam—
5Proto-West Germanic*dammdam
6Proto-Germanicdammazdam

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—
Every word from Proto-Germanic dammaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *damm →Every word from Old Dutch dam →