ladder
Middle English
/ˈladər/
noun
Definitions
- ladder set of portable steps:
- (rare) A frame for a cart.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hlǣder inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hlaidrijō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aerial ladder English
- interladder English
- ladder English
- ladder wall English
- ladderane English
- ladderback English
- laddergram English
- ladderize English
- ladderless English
- ladderlike English
- ladderman English
- laddertron English
- ladderway English
- laddery English
- *ḱleytro Proto-Indo-European
- *hlaidrijō Proto-Germanic
- hlæder Old English
- hlǣder Old English
- ledder Middle English
- leddyr Middle English
- *hleidara Old High German
- *hlēderi Old Saxon
- hladder Old Frisian
- lata Tok Pisin