Where does “silfurlitaður” come from?

silfurlitaður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic silfur, from Old Norse silfr, from Proto-Germanic silubrą — silver.

silfurlitaður (Icelandic): silver, silver-coloured

Definitions

  1. silver, silver-coloured

Ancestry of “silfurlitaður”, step by step

silfurlitaður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic silfur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsilfursilver
2Old Norsesilfrsilver
3Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver

via Icelandic litaður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiclitaður—
Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →Every word from Old Norse silfr →Every word from Icelandic silfur →