Where does “hleifur” come from?

hleifur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

hleifur (Icelandic): loaf

Definitions

  1. loaf

Ancestry of “hleifur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehleifrloaf
2Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Old Norse hleifr →