Where does “זילבער” come from?

זילבער (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German silber, from Old High German silbar, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic silubrą — silver.

זילבער (Yiddish): silver

Definitions

  1. silver

Ancestry of “זילבער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansilber—
2Old High Germansilbarsilver
3Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
4Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver

Words derived from “זילבער”

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