Where does “Silver” come from?

Silver (English) comes from German Silber, from Middle High German silber, from Old High German silbar, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic silubrą — silver.

Silver (English): for a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook

Definitions

  1. for a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook

Ancestry of “Silver”, step by step

Silver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Silber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSilbersilver; argent
2Middle High Germansilber—
3Old High Germansilbarsilver
4Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
5Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver

via Middle English silver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsilversilver
2Old Englishseolforsilver

Words derived from “Silver”

Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →