Etymology Explorer › Old Swedish

Where does “silver” come from?

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

silver (Old Swedish): silver

Definitions

  1. silver

Ancestry of “silver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesilfrsilver
2Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver

Words derived from “silver”

  • silvergruva
  • silver
  • silvermynt
Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →