Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laidijārī

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 *laidī (“leading, leadership”) +‎ *-ārī, or *laid (“leading”) +‎ *-ārī.

Alternatively, an alteration of *laidō, *laidijō (“leader”), with the ending assimilated to *-ārī.

Noun

*laidijārī m

  1. one who leads, leader

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *laidijārī
Genitive *laidijārijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *laidijārī *laidijārijō, *laidijārijōs
Accusative *laidijārī *laidijārijā
Genitive *laidijārijas *laidijārijō
Dative *laidijārijē *laidijārijum
Instrumental *laidijāriju *laidijārijum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *laidārī

Descendants

  • Old English: lǣdere
    • Middle English: ledere, leder
      • English: leader
      • Scots: ledar, leidar
  • Old Frisian: lēdere
  • Old Saxon: *lēdiāri, *lēdieri, *lēdāri, *lēderi
  • Old Dutch: lēderi
  • Old High German: leitāri
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