*leþrą

Runic: ᛚᛖᚦᚱᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈle.θrɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

leather

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)letrom (‘leather, hide’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	leþrą	leþrō
Acc.	leþrą	leþrō
Gen.	leþras, liþris	leþrǫ̂
Dat.	leþrai	leþramaz
Inst.	leþrō	leþramiz
Voc.	leþrą	leþrō

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Descendants

*leþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- *lether (Old Dutch)
  - leder (Middle Dutch)
    - leer (Dutch)
      - leer (Afrikaans)
      - leli (Aukan)
      - leër, leer (Negerhollands)
      - leri (Sranan Tongo)
*leþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- leþer (Old English)
  - lether, lethere, lethir, lethyr, leþer, leþyr, leþir, leddyr, ledder, leddur, leddir, ledyr, leder (Middle English)
    - lether, ledder, leither (Scots)
    - luther (Yola)
*leþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- leþer (Old English)
  - lether, lethere, lethir, lethyr, leþer, leþyr, leþir, leddyr, ledder, leddur, leddir, ledyr, leder (Middle English)
    - leather (English)
      - ledo (Esperanto)
      - ledro (Ido)
      - let (Tok Pisin)
*leþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- lether, leither, leder, lider, leer (Old Frisian)
  - Leeder (Saterland Frisian)
  - leare (West Frisian)
*leþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- leder (Old High German)
  - leder (Middle High German)
    - Letter (Hunsrik)
    - Lieder (Luxembourgish)
    - łaoder (Vilamovian)
    - לעדער (leder) (Yiddish)
*leþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- leder (Old High German)
  - leder (Middle High German)
    - Leder (German)
      - ledo (Esperanto)
      - ledro (Ido)
*leþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- lethar (Old Saxon)
  - leder (Middle Low German)
    - Leer (German Low German)
    - Ledder, Lier (Low German)
    - Lada (Plautdietsch)
leðr (Old Norse)
- læder (Danish)
- leður (Faroese)
- leður (Icelandic)
- lær (Norwegian Bokmål)
- lêr (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- läder (Swedish)

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