Where does “zilver” come from?

zilver (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch silver, from Old Dutch silver, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic silubrą — silver.

zilver (Dutch): silver; argent

Definitions

  1. silver; argent

Ancestry of “zilver”, step by step

zilver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch silver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsilversilver
2Old Dutchsilver—
3Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
4Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver

via Old Dutch silvar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsilvar—

Words derived from “zilver”

Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →