Proto-Germanic
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Etymology
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Possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)letros (“leather, hide”).[1]
Pronunciation
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*leþrą n
- leather
Inflection
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neuter a-stemDeclension of *leþrą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*leþrą
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*leþrō
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vocative
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*leþrą
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*leþrō
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accusative
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*leþrą
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*leþrō
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genitive
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*leþras, *liþris
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*leþrǫ̂
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dative
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*liþrai
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*leþramaz
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instrumental
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*leþrō
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*leþramiz
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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- Proto-West Germanic: *leþr
- Old English: leþer
- Middle English: lether, lethere, lethir, lethyr, leþer, leþyr, leþir, leddyr, ledder, leddur, leddir, ledyr, leder
- Old Frisian: lether, leither, leder, lider, leer
- Old Saxon: lethar
- Old Dutch: *lether
- Old High German: leder
- Middle High German: leder
- Old Norse: leðr
References
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- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leþra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332