Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *silubrąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_silubrą
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nounneutera-stemsilverUncertain. 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.