h₂erǵ-nt-₂

“the shining white metal, silver”

Widely acceptedmaterialcolor

silver, argent

Participial form from *h₂erǵ- "to shine white", yielding Latin argentum, Old English seolfor, English argent, silver.

bʰerdʰ-“to cut, split, separate”bʰerǵ-s-“to protect by enclosing”bʰleh₁-wo-“yellow, golden-hued”bʰlewk-“to shine, to flash white”bʰlēg-“to shine, to gleam, to burn”bʰreg-mn̥“that which breaks, fragment”deru-“tree, wood, to be firm”dheHl-“to bloom, be green”