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Where does “silverweed” come from?

silverweed (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.

silverweed (English): Any of several species of low-growing flowering...

Definitions

  1. Any of several species of low-growing flowering...

Ancestry of “silverweed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSilver—
2GermanSilbersilver; argent
3Middle High Germansilber—
4Old High Germansilbarsilver
5Proto-West Germanic*silubr—
6Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver
Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →