Where does “silver” come from?

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

silver (Middle English): silver

Definitions

  1. silver

Ancestry of “silver”, step by step

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

Words derived from “silver”

Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *silubr →Every word from Old English seolfor →
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