Where does “zilverling” come from?

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

zilverling (Dutch): silver coin

Definitions

  1. silver coin

Ancestry of “zilverling”, step by step

zilverling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch zilver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzilversilver; argent
2Middle Dutchsilversilver
3Old Dutchsilver
4Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
5Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver

via Dutch ling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchling
Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą