Where does “siller” come from?

siller (Scots) comes from Middle English silver, from Old English seolfor, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic silubrą — silver.

siller (Scots): silver

Definitions

  1. silver

Ancestry of “siller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsilversilver
2Old Englishseolforsilver
3Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
4Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver
Every word from Proto-Germanic silubrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *silubr →Every word from Old English seolfor →