Where does “Silber” come from?

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

Silber (German): silver; argent

Definitions

  1. silver; argent

Ancestry of “Silber”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Silber”

Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →