Where does “silver storm” come from?

silver storm (English) comes from English storm, from Middle English storm, from Old English storm, from Proto-West Germanic *sturm, from Proto-Germanic sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)twer- — to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...

silver storm (English): A kind of storm with freezing rain that leaves...

Definitions

  1. A kind of storm with freezing rain that leaves...

Ancestry of “silver storm”, step by step

silver storm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English storm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstormAny disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially...
2Middle EnglishstormA storm; an instance of intense wind and...
3Old Englishstormstorm
4Proto-West Germanic*sturmstorm
5Proto-Germanicsturmazstorm
6Proto-Indo-European(s)twer-to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...

via English Silver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSilverfor a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook
2GermanSilbersilver; argent
3Middle High Germansilber
4Old High Germansilbarsilver
5Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
6Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)twer-Every word from Proto-Germanic sturmazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *sturm