Etymology

silvern

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Today it means: Made of silver; resembling or characteristic of silver; silvery. Full definition →

Middle English sylveren ← Old English seolfren ← Proto-Germanic *silubrīnaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*silubrīnaz“made of silver”
  2. Old English · inherited fromseolfren
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsylveren
  4. English todaysilvern

From Middle English sylveren, selverne, from Old English seolfren, from Proto-Germanic *silubrīnaz (“made of silver”); equivalent to silver + -(e)n. Cognate with Dutch zilveren (“silvern”), German silbern (“silvern”).

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