Where does “damm” come from?

damm (Swedish) comes from Proto-Germanic dampaz, from Proto-Germanic dimbaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰembʰ- — to be stunned.

damm (Swedish): dust; dam; pond, pool

Definitions

  1. dust; dam; pond, pool

Ancestry of “damm”, step by step

damm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic dampaz

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

via Old Swedish damb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishdamb—

Words derived from “damm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰembʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dimbaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic dampaz →