Where does “Staudamm” come from?

Staudamm (German) comes from German damm, from Middle High German tamm.

Staudamm (German): embankment dam

Definitions

  1. embankment dam

Ancestry of “Staudamm”, step by step

Staudamm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German damm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandammembankment
2Middle High Germantamm—

via German stau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstausingular imperative of stauen; first-person...
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