Where does “hlafæta” come from?

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

hlafæta (Old English): One who eats bread; a domestic servant

Definitions

  1. One who eats bread; a domestic servant

Ancestry of “hlafæta”, step by step

hlafæta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hlāf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhlāfbread, loaf; bread, loaf, morsel; loaf, cake,...
2Proto-West Germanichlaibbread, loaf
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

via Old English ǣta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣtaeater
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hlaib →Every word from Old English hlāf →