Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laidijārī

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 *laidī (“leading, leadership”) +‎ *-ārī, or *laid (“leading”) +‎ *-ārī.

Alternatively, an alteration of *laidō, *laidijō (“leader”), with the ending assimilated to *-ārī.

Noun

*laidijārī m

1. one who leads, leader

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*laidijārī
Genitive	*laidijārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*laidijārī	*laidijārijō, *laidijārijōs
Accusative	*laidijārī	*laidijārijā
Genitive	*laidijārijas	*laidijārijō
Dative	*laidijārijē	*laidijārijum
Instrumental	*laidijāriju	*laidijārijum

Alternative reconstructions

• *laidārī

Descendants

• Old English: lǣdere
  • Middle English: ledere, leder
    • English: leader
    • Scots: ledar, leidar
• Old Frisian: lēdere
  • Saterland Frisian: Leder
  • West Frisian: lieder
• Old Saxon: *lēdiāri, *lēdieri, *lēdāri, *lēderi
  • Middle Low German: lêidære, lêider, leider
    • German Low German: Leider
• Old Dutch: lēderi
  • Middle Dutch: leidere
    • Dutch: leider
      • Afrikaans: leier
• Old High German: leitāri
  • Middle High German: leitære, leiter
    • German: Leiter