Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/silubr
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *silubrą.
Noun
*silubr n[1]
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *silubr | |
| Genitive | *silubras | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *silubr | *silubru |
| Accusative | *silubr | *silubru |
| Genitive | *silubras | *silubrō |
| Dative | *silubrē | *silubrum |
| Instrumental | *silubru | *silubrum |
Descendants
- Old English: seolfor, seolfer, seolofor, siolfor, siolufr, silofr, sylfor, sylfur — Mercian
- Old Frisian: selover, selver
- Old Saxon: siluvar
- Old Dutch: silver
- Middle Dutch: silver
- Old High German: silbar, silabar
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *silubr”