Where does “yþlaf” come from?

yþlaf (Old English) comes from Old English lāf, from Proto-West Germanic laibu, from Northern Sami láibut, from Northern Sami láibi, from Proto-Samic lājpē, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

yþlaf (Old English): what is left by the waves; detritus on the shore

Definitions

  1. what is left by the waves; detritus on the shore

Ancestry of “yþlaf”, step by step

yþlaf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English lāf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlāfremnant, remainder; remainder, residue, what is...
2Proto-West Germaniclaiburemainder
3Northern Samiláibutto bake bread
4Northern Samiláibibread
5Proto-Samiclājpēbread
6Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

via Old English yþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishyþwave
2Proto-Germanicunþīwave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanunt-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-Samic lājpē →Every word from Northern Sami láibi →
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