Where does “silber” come from?

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

silber (Mòcheno): silver

Definitions

  1. silver

Ancestry of “silber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansilber—
2Old High Germansilbarsilver
3Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
4Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver
Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *silubr →Every word from Old High German silbar →