dam
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- a dam; a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow
- a reservoir
Etymology
Derived from English dam (draughts piece) derived from Middle English dam derived from Old English *dam derived from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*dammaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antidam English
- backdam English
- cofferdam English
- dam English
- damburst English
- dambuster English
- damlike English
- dammable English
- dammer English
- dammest English
- dammeth English
- damside English
- damsire English
- gravity dam English
- redam English
- undam English
- *dammaz Proto-Germanic
- ダム Japanese
- *dam Old English
- dam Middle English
- damm Old Norse
- dammr Old Norse
- tamm Middle High German
- Damm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- dam Old Dutch
- dom Old Frisian
- idamu Xhosa