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Where does “silberempfindlich” come from?

silberempfindlich (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.

silberempfindlich (German): sensitive to silver

Definitions

  1. sensitive to silver

Ancestry of “silberempfindlich”, step by step

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