Where does “leser” come from?
leser (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch lezer, from Dutch lezen, from Middle Dutch lēsen, from Old Dutch lesan, from Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic lesaną, from Proto-Indo-European les- — to gather, to collect.
leser (Afrikaans): reader
Ancestry of “leser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | lezer | A reader, person who reads a text; A reader,... |
| 2 | Dutch | lezen | to read; to gather |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lēsen | to collect, gather, read |
| 4 | Old Dutch | lesan | to gather, to collect; to read |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *lesan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lesaną | to gather, collect |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | les- | to gather, to collect |