Where does “rotterdam” come from?
rotterdam (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch dam, from Old Dutch dam, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic dammaz — dam.
rotterdam (Middle Dutch): Rotterdam
Ancestry of “rotterdam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | dam | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | dam | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *damm | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dammaz | dam |
Words derived from “rotterdam”