Where does “silberähnlich” come from?

silberähnlich (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.

silberähnlich (German): silvery

Definitions

  1. silvery

Ancestry of “silberähnlich”, step by step

silberähnlich 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 ähnlich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanähnlichsimilar; similarly, in a similar way
2Middle High Germananelich—
Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *silubr →Every word from Old High German silbar →