Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “silver” come from?

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

Ancestry of “silver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*silubr—
2Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver

Words derived from “silver”

  • zilverkleur
  • zilver
  • zilvervos
  • zilvermeeuw
  • silver
  • silwer
  • zèlver
Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →