Proto-Germanic

*silubrą

‘silver’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *silubrą.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *silubrą, most familiar first.

• silver ← seolfor ← *silubr
• silvern ← sylveren ← seolfren ← *silubrīnaz

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *silubrą