Etymograph

English

Lieder

Lieder comes from German Lied ‘song’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *leuþą.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*leuþą‘song’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*leuþ‘song’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050liod‘song, lay, singing’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350liet‘song’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentLiedas Lieder‘song’
  6. EnglishtodayLieder

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*leuþą‘song’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*leuþ‘song’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050liod‘song, lay, singing’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350liet‘song’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentLiedas Lieder‘song’
  6. EnglishtodayLieder

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lew- ‘to sing, praise’

library, pollution, lib, libel, lute, libretto, liber, 13 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *leuþą / Lieder

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