Where does “хлѣбе” come from?

хлѣбе (Old Novgorodian) comes from Proto-Slavic xlěbъ, from Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

хлѣбе (Old Novgorodian): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “хлѣбе”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicxlěbъbread
2Gothic𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃bread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 →Every word from Proto-Slavic xlěbъ →