It was long considered that damna-, dammint in the Etymologies might have been misreadings. VT/45:37 confirms this, though the exact reading actually remains rather uncertain
Noldorin
dam
noun. hammer
dam
noun. hammer
damma-
verb. to hammer
dring
noun. hammer
A noun for “a hammer” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NDAM “hammer, beat”, most notably an element in the name N. Damrod “hammer of copper” (Ety/NDAM). In later writings this name became Amrod, but I would keep dam “hammer” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin. See S. dring for other “hammer” words.