Where does “lever” come from?

lever (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

lever (Old Swedish): loaf, bread

Definitions

  1. loaf, bread

Ancestry of “lever”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehleifrloaf
2Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

Words derived from “lever”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Old Norse hleifr →