Where does “ledri” come from?

ledri (Cornish) comes from Cornish i, from English eyes, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.

ledri (Cornish): to slope

Definitions

  1. to slope

Ancestry of “ledri”, step by step

ledri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishithey
2Englisheyesplural of eye; Third-person singular simple...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—

via Cornish leder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishlederslope
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European éy →Every word from English eyes →