Where does “*damp” come from?

*damp (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic dampaz, from Proto-Germanic dimbaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰembʰ- — to be stunned.

Ancestry of “*damp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdampazvapor; damp, humid
2Proto-Germanicdimbanąto fog, smoke
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰembʰ-to be stunned

Words derived from “*damp”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰembʰ- →
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