English
leadish
Leadish comes from Middle English led ‘lead (element Pl)’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *laud.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*laud‘lead (metal)’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150lēad
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500led‘lead (element Pl)’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500ledisch
- Englishearliest quotation 1696leadish
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*laud‘lead (metal)’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150lēad
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500led‘lead (element Pl)’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500ledisch
- Englishearliest quotation 1696leadish
Earliest quotation: 1696, Gideon Harvey, A Treatise of the Small-pox and Measles: “Those that are pale, signify feebleness of the spirits;…”
Formed from lead + -ish
Proto-Indo-European *leyt- ‘to leave, die’
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Proto-Germanic *laidijaną ‘to cause one to go, lead’
Proto-West Germanic *laidijan
Old English lǣdan ‘to lead’
Middle English leden
English lead
Linked words
through Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom ‘lead (metal)’
plunge, plumber, plumb, plummet, aplomb, 12 more
through Proto-West Germanic *laud ‘lead (metal)’
Today it means
adj Resembling or containing lead (the metal).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *laud / leadish