dam
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- pond, basin
- dam
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish dam (dam, king, fallow deer) inherited from Middle Dutch dam inherited from Old Dutch dam inherited from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*dammaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Alblasserdam Dutch, Flemish
- Ilpendam Dutch, Flemish
- Schiedam Dutch, Flemish
- dam Dutch, Flemish
- damhert Dutch, Flemish
- muurdam Dutch, Flemish
- rijsdam Dutch, Flemish
- stuwdam Dutch, Flemish
- дамба Russian
- *dammaz Proto-Germanic
- *dam Old English
- damm Old Norse
- dammr Old Norse
- dame Old French
- dam Indonesian
- dam Middle Dutch
- rotterdam Middle Dutch
- opgaar Afrikaans
- opgaardam Afrikaans
- stu Afrikaans
- studam Afrikaans
- tamm Middle High German
- Damm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- dam Old Dutch
- dom Old Frisian