Where does “dam” come from?
dam (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch dam, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic dammaz — dam.
Ancestry of “dam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | dam | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *damm | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dammaz | dam |