lev
Swedish
/leːv/
noun
Definitions
- a loaf of bread
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish lever inherited from Old Norse hleifr inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (loaf, bread).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hlaibaz
Gloss
loaf, bread
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- catloaf English
- fleshloaf English
- liverloaf English
- loaf English
- loaflike English
- meatloaf English
- leipä Finnish
- Laib German
- Laibchen German
- *hlaibaz Proto-Germanic
- hlāf Old English
- lof Middle English
- hleifr Old Norse
- lev Danish
- *xlěbъ Proto-Slavic
- hleifur Icelandic
- lofa Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- leivur Faroese
- 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 Gothic
- *hlaib gmw-pro
- leiba Estonian
- *laipa Proto-Finnic
- *lājpē Proto-Samic
- lever Old Swedish
- ļoob Marshallese