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

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

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