Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leþrą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *létrom. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈle.θrɑ̃/

Noun

*leþrą n

leather

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *leþrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*leþrą	*leþrō
vocative	*leþrą	*leþrō
accusative	*leþrą	*leþrō
genitive	leþras, liþris	*leþrǫ̂
dative	*liþrai	*leþramaz
instrumental	*leþrō	*leþramiz

Derived terms

*liþrīnaz

Descendants

Old English: leþer
- Middle English: lether
  - Scots: lether, ledder, leither
  - English: leather
Old Frisian: lether, leither, leder, lider, leer
- Saterland Frisian: Leeder
- West Frisian: leare
Old Saxon: lethar
- Middle Low German: leder
  - Low German: Ledder, Lier
Old Dutch: *lether
- Middle Dutch: leder
  - Dutch: leder, leer
Old High German: leder
- Middle High German: leder
  - German: Leder
    - Esperanto: ledo
  - Luxembourgish: Lieder
  - Vilamovian: łaoder
  - Yiddish: לעדער‎ (leder)
Old Norse: leðr
- Icelandic: leður
- Faroese: leður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lêr
- Old Danish: [Term?]
  - Danish: læder, lær
    - Norwegian Bokmål: lær
- Old Swedish: lædher
  - Swedish: läder
- Westrobothnian: ler, lär

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