Where does “édam” come from?

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

édam (French): Edam cheese

Definitions

  1. Edam cheese

Ancestry of “édam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchEdam—
2Middle Dutchdam—
3Old Dutchdam—
4Proto-West Germanic*dammdam
5Proto-Germanicdammazdam
Every word from Proto-Germanic dammaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *damm →Every word from Old Dutch dam →