lether
Middle English
/ˈlɛðər/
noun
Definitions
- leather tanned animal hides or skins
- Something manufactured out of leather; a leather item.
- An unworked or untanned skin or hide.
- (rare) An ocular swelling or tumor.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English leþer (leather) inherited from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (leather) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *letróm.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*letróm
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leatherstocking English
- antileather English
- leather English
- leatherback English
- leatherboard English
- leatherbound English
- leatherboy English
- leathercloth English
- leathercraft English
- leathercrafter English
- leathercrafting English
- leatherdyke English
- leatherer English
- leatherette English
- leathergirl English
- leathergoods English
- leatherhead English
- leatherjacket English
- leatherless English
- leatherlike English
- leathermaker English
- leathermaking English
- leatherman English
- leathern English
- leatherneck English
- leatherperson English
- leatherseller English
- leathersex English
- leatherware English
- leatherwear English
- leatherwing English
- leatherwoman English
- leatherwood English
- leatherwork English
- leatherworker English
- leatherworking English
- leatherworks English
- leathery English
- nonleather English
- overleather English
- pseudoleather English
- shoe-leather English
- spur-leather English
- whitleather English
- *letróm Proto-Indo-European
- *létrom Proto-Indo-European
- *leþrą Proto-Germanic
- leþer Old English
- leþeren Old English
- letheren Middle English
- letheryd Middle English
- leðr Old Norse
- ledar Old High German
- leder Old High German
- *lether Old Dutch
- *ɸlitro- Proto-Celtic
- let Tok Pisin