Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith. · One who makes anything; wright. · An artist.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *smiþaz Proto-West Germanic *smiþ Old English smiþ Middle English smyth English smith From Middle English smeth, smith, smiþ, smið, smyth, smythe, smyþ, smyþe, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smear, spread”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German Schmid, schméd, schmét, schmìd (“smith”), Bavarian schmidt, schmit, sghmiid (“smith”), Cimbrian smit, smitt (“smith”), Dutch smid (“smith”), German Schmied, Schmidt (“smith”), Low German Smidd, Smitt (“smith”), Luxembourgish Schmadd (“smith”), Mòcheno schmi' (“smith”), Vilamovian śmejt (“blacksmith”), Yiddish שמיד (shmid, “blacksmith, smith”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish smed (“smith”), Elfdalian smið (“smith”), Faroese and Icelandic smiður (“smith”), Gothic *𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 (*smiþa, “smith”) (whence 𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 (aizasmiþa, “coppersmith”)); also Greek σμίλη (smíli, “chisel”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionsmethenm
- Inherited-form mentionsmiþang
- Inherited-form mention*smiþgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*smiþazgem-pro · smith
- Derivation mention*smey-ine-pro · to smear, spread
- Cognate mentionSchmidgsw
- Cognate mentionschmidtbar
- Cognate mentionsmitcim
- Cognate mentionsmidnl · smith
- Cognate mentionSchmiedde
- Cognate mentionSmiddnds
- Cognate mentionSchmaddlb · smith
- Cognate mentionschmi'mhn · smith
- Cognate mentionśmejtwym · blacksmith
- Cognate mentionשמידyi · blacksmith, smith
- Cognate mentionsmiðovd · smith
- Cognate mention*𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰got · smith
- Cognate mentionσμίληel · chisel
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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"A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.",
"One who makes anything; wright.",
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