Where does “leerlooier” come from?

leerlooier (Dutch) comes from Dutch leerlooien, from Dutch looien, from Middle Dutch lôyen, from Middle Dutch loo, from Old Dutch lō, from Proto-West Germanic lauh, from Proto-Germanic lauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European lówkos — bright; to shine; to see.

leerlooier (Dutch): tanner, practitioner of tanning one who prepares leather with tan

Definitions

  1. tanner, practitioner of tanning one who prepares leather with tan

Ancestry of “leerlooier”, step by step

leerlooier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch leerlooien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchleerlooientanning
2Dutchlooiento tan; Alternative form of loden
3Middle Dutchlôyento tan (leather)
4Middle Dutchloosacred wood, forest; forest, thicket
5Old Dutchforest
6Proto-West Germaniclauhclearing; meadow
7Proto-Germaniclauhazclearing; meadow
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlówkosclearing; open space, clearing; field, meadow
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro

Words derived from “leerlooier

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewk-
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