The story
- Old Chinese絲 (*sə)der.?
- Ancient Greekσήρ (sḗr)
- Ancient Greekσηρῐκός (sērĭkós)
- Late Latinsēricus
- Proto-West Germanic*seluk
- Old Englishseolc
- Old Norsesilkiinflu.?
- Middle Englishsilk
- Englishsilk
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- English todaysilkless
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.