Etymograph

English

loden

Loden comes from German Loden ‘coarse woolen fabric’, from Proto-West Germanic *leudan ‘to sprout, to spring up’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‘to grow’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁lewdʰ-‘to grow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*leudaną‘to sprout’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*leudan‘to sprout, to spring up’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050lodo
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350lode
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentLoden‘coarse woolen fabric’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2011loden

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁lewdʰ-‘to grow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*leudaną‘to sprout’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*leudan‘to sprout, to spring up’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050lodo
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350lode
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentLoden‘coarse woolen fabric’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2011loden

Earliest quotation: 2011, 2001, Anthea Bell: “The first thing that caught my eye on this…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‘to grow’

liberal, liberty, liberation, liberate, libre, liberator, leed, libertine, libero, 12 more

Today it means

noun A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.

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

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

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