*silubrą

Runic: ᛊᛁᛚᚢᛒᚱᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsi.lu.βrɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

silver

Etymology

Uncertain. Likely a Wanderwort of non-Indo-European origin. Compare Proto-Slavic *sьrebro, Latvian sudrabs, Lithuanian sidãbras, Latgalian sudobrys, Basque zilar, Proto-Berber *a-ẓrəf, Celtiberian silabur "money".

A Semitic origin has been suggested (Akkadian 𒀫𒁍𒌝 (ṣur-pu-um /⁠ṣurpum⁠/, ‘silver’), from 𒍝𒊏𒁍𒌝 (ṣa-ra-pu-um /⁠ṣarāpum⁠/, ‘to smelt or refine’)). However, at least one scholar has considered this phonologically and geographically improbable.

The replacement of hypothetical Pre-Germanic *urguntóm from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm (which would have resulted in **urkundą had it survived in the language) in Proto-Germanic has been thought to be linked to increasing metallurgical sophistication.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	silubrą	silubrō
Acc.	silubrą	silubrō
Gen.	silubras, silubris	silubrǫ̂
Dat.	silubrai	silubramaz
Inst.	silubrō	silubramiz
Voc.	silubrą	silubrō

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Descendants

*silubr (Proto-West Germanic)
- silver (Old Dutch)
  - silver (Middle Dutch)
    - zèlver (Limburgish)
*silubr (Proto-West Germanic)
- silver (Old Dutch)
  - silver (Middle Dutch)
    - zilver (Dutch)
      - silwer (Afrikaans)
      - silfer (Caribbean Javanese)
      - sinibat, chinebat, chinibat (Loup A)
      - sehnpatt, senpett (Mahican)
      - shulpul (Munsee)
      - silver, zelva, selvu (Negerhollands)
      - solfer (Skepi Creole Dutch)
      - silpël (Unami)
*silubr (Proto-West Germanic)
- silver (Old Dutch)
  - silver (Middle Dutch)
    - zilver (Dutch)
      - sorfu, solfru, sorfru (Sranan Tongo)
        
        sólófu, sóófu (Saramaccan)
*silubr (Proto-West Germanic)
- seolfor, seolfer, seolofor, siolfor, siolufr, silofr, sylfor, sylfur (Old English)
  - silver, selver, sylver, seolver, sulver, soelver (Middle English)
    - siwer (English)
    - silver, siller (Scots)
*silubr (Proto-West Germanic)
- seolfor, seolfer, seolofor, siolfor, siolufr, silofr, sylfor, sylfur (Old English)
  - silver, selver, sylver, seolver, sulver, soelver (Middle English)
    - silver (English)
      - silva (Jamaican Creole)
      - hiriwa (Maori)
      - isiliva (Zulu)
*silubr (Proto-West Germanic)
- selover, selver (Old Frisian)
  - Salwer (North Frisian)
  - Sälver (Saterland Frisian)
  - sulver (West Frisian)
*silubr (Proto-West Germanic)
- silbar, silabar (Old High German)
  - silber (Middle High German)
    - Süber, Suiber (Bavarian)
    - Silber (German)
    - Seleve (Kölsch)
    - Sëlwer (Luxembourgish)
    - Silwer (Pennsylvania German)
    - zyłwer (Vilamovian)
    - זילבער (zilber) (Yiddish)
*silubr (Proto-West Germanic)
- siluvar (Old Saxon)
  - selver, sulver (Middle Low German)
    - Sülver, Silver (German Low German)
    - Selwa (Plautdietsch)
silfr (Old Norse)
- silver (Elfdalian)
- silvur (Faroese)
- sylvar (Gutnish)
- silfur (Icelandic)
- sylv, silv (Norwegian)
- *silpë (Proto-Samic)
- sølver (Scanian)
silfr (Old Norse)
- silf, sylf, sølf (Old Danish)
  - sølv (Danish)
    - sølvi (Greenlandic)
    - sølv (Norwegian Bokmål)
silfr (Old Norse)
- silver, sylver, sølver (Old Swedish)
  - silver (Swedish)
sylfr (Old Norse)
- silver (Elfdalian)
- silvur (Faroese)
- sylvar (Gutnish)
- silfur (Icelandic)
- sylv, silv (Norwegian)
- *silpë (Proto-Samic)
- sølver (Scanian)
sylfr (Old Norse)
- silf, sylf, sølf (Old Danish)
  - sølv (Danish)
    - sølvi (Greenlandic)
    - sølv (Norwegian Bokmål)
sylfr (Old Norse)
- silver, sylver, sølver (Old Swedish)
  - silver (Swedish)
𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂 (silubr) (Gothic)
silvir (Crimean Gothic)
*silpë (Proto-Samic)

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