Where does “dam” come from?

dam (Uzbek) comes from Arabic دَم, from Proto-Semitic dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic dam- — blood.

dam (Uzbek): bellows

Definitions

  1. bellows

Ancestry of “dam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدَمblood
2Proto-Semiticdam-blood
3Proto-Afroasiaticdam-blood
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic dam-