Where does “хлѣбъ” come from?

хлѣбъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic xlěbъ, from Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

хлѣбъ (Old Church Slavonic): bread; loaf of bread

Definitions

  1. bread; loaf of bread

Ancestry of “хлѣбъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicxlěbъbread
2Gothic𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃bread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

Words derived from “хлѣбъ”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 →Every word from Proto-Slavic xlěbъ →