Where does “silvertail” come from?
silvertail (English) comes from English Silver, from German Silber, from Middle High German silber, from Old High German silbar, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic silubrą — silver.
silvertail (English): A wealthy person
Definitions
- A wealthy person
Ancestry of “silvertail”, step by step
silvertail traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Silver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Silver | for a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook |
| 2 | German | Silber | silver; argent |
| 3 | Middle High German | silber | — |
| 4 | Old High German | silbar | silver |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *silubr | silver |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | silubrą | silver |
via English Tail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tail | A Chinese constellation coinciding with the tail of Scorpius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and the tail of Azure Dragon |
| 2 | Middle English | tayl | A tail; The back side or reverse of a creature; A... |
| 3 | Old English | tæġl | tail |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | taglą | hair; ponytail; hair of a tail; tail |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | doḱ- | hair of the tail |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |