Where does “leather” come from?
Leather comes from Middle English lether, from Old English leþer, from Proto-Germanic leþrą, from Proto-Indo-European létrom, ultimately from the root pl̥tro-.
leather (English): A tough material produced from the skin of...
Definitions
- A tough material produced from the skin of...
Ancestry of “leather”, step by step
leather traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stocking
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stocking | A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |