leathar

Irish (Donegal)

noun

Definitions

leather; article, piece, of leather; strap; plural leather equipment, strapping
hide, skin
tawse

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish lethar (leather) inherited from Proto-Celtic *letrom.

Origin

Proto-Celtic

*letrom

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*létrom Proto-Indo-European
*leþrą Proto-Germanic
leþer Old English
lether Middle English
úr Irish
úrleathar Irish
lledr Welsh
lethar Old Irish
*letrom Proto-Celtic
*letros Proto-Celtic