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Where does “leatherware” come from?

leatherware (English) comes from English leather, from English stocking, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.

leatherware (English): Items made from leather

Definitions

  1. Items made from leather

Ancestry of “leatherware”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishleatherA tough material produced from the skin of...
2EnglishstockingA soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on...
3English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
4Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
5Old English-tūn—
6Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
7Proto-West Germanictūnfence
8Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
9Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
10Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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