Etymograph

English

silvertip

From silver + tip.

A compound of silver + tip

Proto-Germanic *silubrą ‘silver’

Proto-West Germanic *silubr ‘silver’

Old English seolfor ‘silver’

Middle English silver ‘silver’

English silver

Middle English tip

English tip

Today it means

noun A grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “silvertip”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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