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

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
  - 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
  - Hunsrik: Letter
  - Luxembourgish: Lieder
  - Vilamovian: łaoder
  - Yiddish: לעדער (leder)

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