Where does “laddy” come from?

laddy (Middle English) comes from Old English hlǣfdīġe, from Old English hlāf, from Proto-West Germanic hlaib, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

Ancestry of “laddy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhlǣfdīġebread-kneader; mistress of a household, wife of a...
2Old Englishhlāfbread, loaf; bread, loaf, morsel; loaf, cake,...
3Proto-West Germanichlaibbread, loaf
4Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hlaib →Every word from Old English hlāf →