Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/damm

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dammaz.

Noun

*damm m

1. dam

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*damm
Genitive	*dammas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*damm	*dammō, *dammōs
Accusative	*damm	*dammā
Genitive	*dammas	*dammō
Dative	*dammē	*dammum
Instrumental	*dammu	*dammum

Derived terms

• *dammijan
• *fradammijan

Descendants

• Old English: *damm, *dam (in derivatives)
  • Middle English: damme, dam
    • Scots: dam
    • English: dam
• Old Frisian: dam, dom
  • Saterland Frisian: Dom
  • West Frisian: dam
• Old Saxon: *damm, *dam
  • Middle Low German: dam, damm
    • Low German: Damm
    • Plautdietsch: Daum
• Old Dutch: *damm, dam (in placenames)
  • Middle Dutch: dam
    • Dutch: dam
• Old High German: *tamm
  • Middle High German: tam, tamm
    • German: Damm, Tham
    • Hunsrik: Damm
    • Luxembourgish: Damm