leaden

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromlēaden“leaden, of lead”
2. Middle English · inherited fromleden
3. English todayleaden

From Middle English leden, leaden, from Old English lēaden (“leaden, of lead”). Cognate with West Frisian leaden (“leaden”), Dutch loden (“leaden”). By surface analysis, lead + -en.

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