Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hlaidriju

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō.

Noun

*hlaidriju f

1. ladder

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hlaidriju
Genitive	*hlaidrijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hlaidriju	*hlaidrijō
Accusative	*hlaidrijā	*hlaidrijā
Genitive	*hlaidrijā	*hlaidrijō
Dative	*hlaidrijē	*hlaidrijōm, *hlaidrijum
Instrumental	*hlaidriju	*hlaidrijōm, *hlaidrijum

Descendants

• Old English: hlǣdre, hlǣder, hlædder, hlæddr-, hlædr-
  • Middle English: laddre, ladder, laddere, laddir, ladre, ledder, leddre, leddyr, lheddre, læddræ, læddre, leaddre (Early Middle English)
    • English: ladder
    • Scots: ledder
• Old Frisian: hladder, hledder, hleder, hlērde
  • North Frisian: ladder
  • Saterland Frisian: Laadere, Laddere
  • West Frisian: ljedder, leider, ljerre
• Old Saxon: hlēderi
  • Middle Low German: leddere, ledder, lēdere, lēder, leider, ladder
    • German Low German: Ledder
    • Plautdietsch: Lada
• Old Dutch: *lēdara
  • Middle Dutch: ledere, leedre, ledder, laddere, ladere
    • Dutch: ladder, leer
      • Afrikaans: ladder; leer
  • Limburgish: lejjer, leier
• Old High German: hleitra, hleitara, leitra, leitara
  • Middle High German: leiter
    • Bavarian: Later, Loater
    • German: Leiter
    • Hunsrik: Leeter
    • Luxembourgish: Leeder