Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laidō

This Proto-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.

From Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to go, go forth, die”), perhaps an extension of the root *ley- (“to be slippery, glide, streak”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯.ðɔː/

*laidō f

1. a leading
2. a way, course, route, direction

• *laidijaną
• *līþaną

• Old English: lād, ġelād
  • Middle English: lad, lode, loode
    • Scots: laid, lade
    • English: lode, load
• Old Frisian: lāde, lēde
• Old Saxon: lēda
  • Middle Low German: leide
    • → Norwegian: leide
    • → Old Swedish: leidh
      • Swedish: lejd
• Old Dutch: *lēda, *leida
  • Middle Dutch: leide
    • Dutch: lei
• Old High German: leida
  • Middle High German: leite, geleite
    • German: Leite, Geleite
• Old Norse: leið
  • Icelandic: leið
  • Faroese: leið
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leid, lei
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lei
  • Old Swedish: lēþ
    • Swedish: led
  • Danish: led
    • Norwegian Bokmål: led
• → Proto-Finnic: *laidun, *laita (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Samic: *lājδō (see there for further descendants)