Etymograph

English

leed

Leed comes from Middle English leden ‘language’, from Old English lēod ‘people, nation’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‘to grow (up)’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁lewdʰ-‘to grow (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁léwdʰis‘people’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*liudiz‘man, person’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*liudi‘man, person’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150lēod‘people, nation’
  6. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150lēoden‘popular or national language, native tongue’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500leden‘language’
  8. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500ledeshortened variant of leden
  9. Englishtodayleed

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁lewdʰ-‘to grow (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁léwdʰis‘people’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*liudiz‘man, person’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*liudi‘man, person’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150lēod‘people, nation’
  6. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150lēoden‘popular or national language, native tongue’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500leden‘language’
  8. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500ledeshortened variant of leden
  9. Englishtodayleed

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‘to grow (up)’

liberal, liberty, liberation, liberate, libre, liberator, libertine, libero, 13 more

through Middle English leden ‘language’

lead, 3 more

through Middle English lede

lede

Another origin of leed

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lede
  2. Englishtodayleed

Today it means

noun Language; tongue.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- / leed

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