Where does “Silberlegierung” come from?

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

Silberlegierung (German): silver alloy

Definitions

  1. silver alloy

Ancestry of “Silberlegierung”, step by step

Silberlegierung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Silber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSilbersilver; argent
2Middle High Germansilber—
3Old High Germansilbarsilver
4Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
5Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver

via German Legierung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLegierungalloy, alloying
Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *silubr →Every word from Old High German silbar →