Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/leþr

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 *leþrą (“leather”).

Noun

*leþr m

1. leather

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*leþr
Genitive	*leþras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*leþr	*leþrō, *leþrōs
Accusative	*leþr	*leþrā
Genitive	*leþras	*leþrō
Dative	*leþrē	*leþrum
Instrumental	*leþru	*leþrum

Descendants

• Old English: leþer
  • Middle English: lether, lethere, lethir, lethyr, leþer, leþyr, leþir, leddyr, ledder, leddur, leddir, ledyr, leder
    • English: leather
      • Tok Pisin: let
      • → Esperanto: ledo
      • → Ido: ledro
    • Scots: lether, ledder, leither
    • Yola: luther (verb)
• Old Frisian: lether, leither, leder, lider, leer
  • Saterland Frisian: Leeder
  • West Frisian: leare
• Old Saxon: lethar
  • Middle Low German: leder
    • German Low German: Leer
    • Low German: Ledder, Lier
• Old Dutch: *lether
  • Middle Dutch: leder
    • Dutch: leer
      • Afrikaans: leer
      • Negerhollands: leër, leer
      • → Aukan: leli
      • → Sranan Tongo: leri
• Old High German: leder
  • Middle High German: leder
    • German: Leder
      • → Esperanto: ledo
      • → Ido: ledro
    • Hunsrik: Letter
    • Luxembourgish: Lieder
    • Vilamovian: łaoder
    • Yiddish: לעדער (leder)