Where does “ledern” come from?
ledern (German) comes from German leder, from Middle High German lëder, from Old High German ledar, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic leþrą, from Proto-Celtic ɸlitro-, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥tro-.
ledern (German): leather, leathery; dry
Ancestry of “ledern”, step by step