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Re:Etymology of the Word “Lord” by mdturnerphys on Saturday June 12, 2021 @12:56PM (#27485725)
Yes, the Slavic "хлеб", etc., appear to be cognates with the Germanic "loaf", etc. Wiktionary [0] says they both come from Proto-Germanic "hlaibaz" (reconstructed [1]).

[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loaf#Etymology_1

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Reconstructed_term...

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Re:Etymology of the Word “Lord” by CRConrad on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:40PM (#27504756)
> Proto-Germanic "hlaibaz"

Still there in modern German for "loaf": "Laib".

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