Where does “silfr” come from?

silfr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic silubrą — silver.

silfr (Old Norse): silver

Definitions

  1. silver

Ancestry of “silfr”, step by step

silfr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic silubrą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver

via Proto-Norse *ᛊᛁᛚᛒᚱᚨ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Norse*ᛊᛁᛚᛒᚱᚨ

Words derived from “silfr

Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą