Where does “leivur” come from?

leivur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

leivur (Faroese): a lump of cudbear; an oblong bun, similar to...

Definitions

  1. a lump of cudbear; an oblong bun, similar to...

Ancestry of “leivur”, step by step

leivur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse hleifr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehleifrloaf
2Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

via Old Norse leifr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseleifrinheritor
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibazEvery word from Old Norse hleifr