Where does “leir” come from?

leir (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse leir, from Proto-Germanic laizą.

leir (Icelandic): clay

Definitions

  1. clay

Ancestry of “leir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseleirclay, mud
2Proto-Germaniclaizą—
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