Where does “hlāf” come from?

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

hlāf (Old English): bread, loaf; bread, loaf, morsel; loaf, cake,...

Definitions

  1. bread, loaf; bread, loaf, morsel; loaf, cake,...

Ancestry of “hlāf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichlaibbread, loaf
2Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

Words derived from “hlāf

Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic hlaib