Etymology

Zilberstein

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Today it means: A surname from Yiddish Full definition →

Yiddish זילבערשטיין
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The story

  1. Yiddish · derived fromשטיין“stone”
  2. Yiddish · derived fromזילבער“silver”
  3. Yiddish · borrowed fromזילבערשטיין
  4. English todayZilberstein

Borrowed from Yiddish זילבערשטיין (zilbershteyn), from Yiddish זילבער (zilber, “silver”) and Yiddish שטיין (shteyn, “stone”), from Old High German.

Words from the same roots

Yiddishזילבער all →

Zilberschlag

First known use, by meaning

  • 19th c. A surname from Yiddish

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