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

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: hlǣder, hlæder, hlædder
- Middle English: laddre, ladder, laddere, laddir, ladre, ledder, leddre, leddyr, lheddre, læddræ, læddre, leaddre (Early Middle English)
  - English: ladder, ledder (dialectal)
    - Bislama: lada
    - Pijin: lada
  - Scots: ledder
Old Frisian: hladder, hledder, hleder, hlērde
- North Frisian: ladder, lääder
- 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
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: leider
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: leider
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
    - Hungarian: létra
    - Serbo-Croatian: lótre, lójtre
  - Hunsrik: Leeter
  - Luxembourgish: Leeder
  - Yiddish: לייטער (leyter)