silver

Sentences

It

could have been steel , silver or platinum .

Meaning

of silver

ash grey

atomic number 47

argentum

ash gray

silver grey

smooth-spoken

silver gray

go grey

silver coin

silverplate

coat with silver

turn grey

silver paint

made of silver

catworm

like silver

white rag

white ragworm

άργυρος

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪl.və/

Inherited from Middle English

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Scots

Cognate with Saterland Frisian

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with German

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Icelandic

Cognate with Church Slavic

Cognate with Lithuanian

Cognate with Basque

In summary

From Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”), of uncertain origin. cognates and etymology discussion Cognate with Scots siller (“silver”), Saterland Frisian Säälwer (“silver”), West Frisian sulver (“silver”), Dutch zilver (“silver”), German Low German Silver, Sülver (“silver”), German Silber (“silver”), Swedish silver (“silver”), Icelandic silfur (“silver”). The Germanic word has parallels in Baltic and Slavic (Old Church Slavonic сьрєбро (sĭrebro), Lithuanian sidabras), Celtic (Celtiberian silaPur-), and outside Indo-European, in Basque zilar and Proto-Berber *a-ẓrəf, but the ultimate origin of the word is unknown. Adjective sense of twenty-fifth wedding anniversary generalized from silver wedding, from German Silberhochzeit, silberne Hochzeit.

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