Where does “dama” come from?

dama (Kashubian) comes from Polish dama, from French dame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus, from Proto-Italic domos — to build; to arrange, to put together.

dama (Kashubian): lady; weir; pavement

Definitions

  1. lady; weir; pavement

Ancestry of “dama”, step by step

dama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish dama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishdamalady; queen
2FrenchdameA lady; A polite form of address for a woman;...
3Old Frenchdamelady; woman
4Late Latindomnalady, mistress
5Latindominalady or mistress of the house
6LatinDominusthe Lord; Lord; The Lord
7Latindomushouse, home; any building or abode; native place,...
8Proto-Italicdomoshouse, home
9Proto-Indo-Europeandṓmhome; house
10Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

via German damm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandammembankment
2Middle High Germantamm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem-
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