Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lēbard

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin lebardus, lepardus and Late Latin leopardus (“leopard”).

Noun

*lēbard m

leopard

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lēbard
Genitive	*lēbardas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lēbard	lēbardō, lēbardōs
Accusative	*lēbard	*lēbardā
Genitive	*lēbardas	*lēbardō
Dative	*lēbardē	*lēbardum
Instrumental	*lēbardu	*lēbardum

Alternative reconstructions

*leupard

Descendants

Old English: lēopard
- Middle English: leopard, libard, lybard (partially from or displaced by Old French liepart, leopard (“panther”))
  - English: leopard, (archaic) lybard, libbard
Old Saxon: *lēbard
- Middle Low German: lêbārt, lêbōrt, lêbār, lêbāre
  - → Old Norse: lēparðr
Old Dutch: *lēbard
- Middle Dutch: liebaert, liebart, liebart, liebaert
  - Dutch: liebaard (“heraldic lion”) (compare luipaard (“panther”) from Old French)
Old High German: *liebart, *lēbart (-ē- perhaps taken from lēo (“lion”))
- Middle High German: lēbart
- ⇒ Old High German: liebarto, lēbarto, lēpardo
  - Middle High German: liebarte, liebart, lēbarte, lēparte, lēbart, lēwart
    - → Czech: levhart
    - → Old Polish: leward, lewart
      - Polish: lampart
        → Kashubian: lampart
        → Yiddish: לעמפּערט (lempert)