Where does “chlěb” come from?

chlěb (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic *xlě̀bъ, from Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

chlěb (Upper Sorbian): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “chlěb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*xlě̀bъbread
2Gothic𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃bread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 →Every word from Proto-Slavic *xlě̀bъ →
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