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

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

Words derived from “silber”

Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *silubr →Every word from Old High German silbar →
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