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Where does “хліб” come from?

хліб (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic хлѣбъ, from Proto-Slavic xlěbъ, from Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

хліб (Ukrainian): cereal crops or cultures; unthreshed grain;...

Definitions

  1. cereal crops or cultures; unthreshed grain;...

Ancestry of “хліб”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicхлѣбъ—
2Proto-Slavicxlěbъbread
3Gothic𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃bread
4Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
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