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Where does “leþern” come from?

leþern (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic liþrīnaz — of leather, leathern.

Ancestry of “leþern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicliþrīnazof leather, leathern

Words derived from “leþern”

  • leathern
  • letheren
  • leþeren
  • lethren
  • letherin
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