Type Word Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "silver" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesseolfor(Anglo-Saxon) silabar(Old High German) Surname DescendantSilver(English) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 436. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 328.