Where does “damme” come from?

damme (Middle English) comes from Old English damm, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic dammaz — dam.

Ancestry of “damme”, step by step

damme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English damm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdammdam
2Proto-West Germanic*dammdam
3Proto-Germanicdammazdam

via Old English dam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdam—
Every word from Proto-Germanic dammaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *damm →Every word from Old English damm →