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

Definitions

  1. Rotterdam

Ancestry of “rotterdam”, step by step

rotterdam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch dam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdam—
2Old Dutchdam—
3Proto-West Germanic*dammdam
4Proto-Germanicdammazdam

via Middle Dutch rotte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchrotte—

Words derived from “rotterdam”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dammaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *damm →Every word from Old Dutch dam →