Where does “silver” come from?

silver (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch silver, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic silubrą — silver.

silver (Middle Dutch): silver

Definitions

  1. silver

Ancestry of “silver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsilver
2Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
3Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver

Words derived from “silver

Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą
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