Etymograph

English

silverling

From silver + -ling?

Formed from silver + -ling

Proto-Germanic *silubrą ‘silver’

Proto-West Germanic *silubr ‘silver’

Old English seolfor ‘silver’

Middle English silver ‘silver’

English silver

Today it means

noun Shekel or small silvern coin of little value.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / silverling