Etymology

chilver

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Today it means: A female lamb. Full definition →

Middle English *chilvere ← Old English *ċilfor ← Proto-West Germanic *kilbuʀju
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kilbuʀju
  2. Old English · inherited from*ċilfor
  3. Middle English · inherited from*chilvere
  4. English todaychilver

Inherited from Middle English *chilvere, from Old English *ċilfor (in ċilforlamb), from Proto-West Germanic *kilbuʀju, from *kelbuʀ + *-ju.

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