leiða
Icelandic
/ˈleiːða/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to lead
- (physics) to conduct (heat, electricity, etc.)
- (mediopassive) to hold hands
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse leiða (lead) derived from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (lead, cause to go, cause one to go).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*laidijaną
Gloss
lead, cause to go, cause one to go
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- laidun Finnish
- látigo Spanish, Castilian
- *leit- Proto-Indo-European
- *leyt- Proto-Indo-European
- lede Norwegian Bokmål
- látego Portuguese
- *in Proto-Germanic
- *laidijandz Proto-Germanic
- *laidijaną Proto-Germanic
- *līþaną Proto-Germanic
- leie Norwegian Nynorsk
- lædan Old English
- lǣdan Old English
- leiða Old Norse
- lede Danish
- hálfleiðari Icelandic
- leiðari Icelandic
- leiðsla Icelandic
- látego Galician
- leiten Old High German
- leiða Faroese
- leeden Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *laidijan gmw-pro
- *leiden Old Dutch
- ledian Old Saxon
- leþa Old Swedish
- leþa, lēþa Old Swedish
- lēda Old Frisian