Proto-West Germanic

*laud

‘lead (metal)’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *laud.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *laud, most familiar first.

• lead ← led
• loth ← lood ← lôot ← *lōt
• leadish ← ledisch ← led ← lēad

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *laud