Where does “silber” come from?
silber (Middle High German) comes from Old High German silbar, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic silubrą — silver.
Ancestry of “silber”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | silbar | silver |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *silubr | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | silubrą | silver |
Words derived from “silber”