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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdamm—
2Proto-West Germanic*damm—
3Proto-Germanicdammazdam

Words derived from “damme”

  • dam
  • cofferdam
  • undam
  • antidam
  • damlike
  • damburst
  • dammable
  • dambuster
  • undammable
  • damsire
  • damside
  • dammeth
  • gravity dam
  • dammest
  • ダム
  • 댐
  • dam
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