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

silverweed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English weed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishweedAny plant regarded as unwanted at the place...
2Middle Englishweed—
3Old Englishwēodweed
4Proto-West Germanic*weudweed (unwanted plant)
Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →