Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dammaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰm̥bʰ- (“to dig”), if the original meaning was "dyke created by excavating the earth," see also Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “tomb”), ταφή (taphḗ), θάπτω (tháptō, “bury”).[1]

Noun

*dammaz m

dam

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *dammaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dammaz	dammōz, dammōs
vocative	*damm	dammōz, dammōs
accusative	*dammą	*dammanz
genitive	dammas, dammis	*dammǫ̂
dative	*dammai	*dammamaz
instrumental	*dammō	*dammamiz

Derived terms

*dammijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *damm
- 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
Old Norse: dammr
- Icelandic: dammur
- Faroese: dammur
- Old Danish: dam
  - Danish: dam
- Old Swedish: damber
  - Swedish: damm
- Westrobothnian: dæmm n, damm n
- Gutnish: dam

References

van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dam1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[1] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dam1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute