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Where does “Laib” come from?

Laib (German) comes from Old High German hleib, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

Laib (German): loaf

Definitions

  1. loaf

Ancestry of “Laib”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhleib—
2Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

Words derived from “Laib”

  • Laibchen
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →