Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/silubrą
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Likely a Wanderwort of non-Indo-European origin. Compare Proto-Slavic *sьrebro, Latvian sudrabs, Lithuanian sidabras, Latgalian sudobrys, Basque zilar, Proto-Berber *a-ẓrəf, Celtiberian silabur "money".
A Semitic origin has been suggested (Akkadian 𒀫𒁍𒌝 (ṣur-pu-um /ṣurpum/, “silver”), from 𒍝𒊏𒁍𒌝 (ṣa-ra-pu-um /ṣarāpum/, “to smelt or refine”)).[1] However, at least one scholar has considered this phonologically and geographically improbable.
The replacement of hypothetical Pre-Germanic *urguntóm from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm in Proto-Germanic has been thought to be linked to increasing metallurgical sophistication.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*silubrą n
Inflection
[edit]neuter a-stemDeclension of *silubrą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *silubrą | *silubrō | |
vocative | *silubrą | *silubrō | |
accusative | *silubrą | *silubrō | |
genitive | *silubras, *silubris | *silubrǫ̂ | |
dative | *silubrai | *silubramaz | |
instrumental | *silubrō | *silubramiz |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *silubr
- Old Norse: silfr, sylfr
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂 (silubr)
- Crimean Gothic: silvir
- → Proto-Samic: *silpë (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (1999) Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag
- ^ Mallory, James P. (1984) “Proto-Indo-European Silver”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung[1], volume 1, number 97, Göttingen: Vandenhoek und Ruprecht, retrieved 2018 May 7, pages 1–12