Where does “toolsmith” come from?

toolsmith (English) comes from English Smith, from Middle English smiþ, from Middle English smyth, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European smēy-.

toolsmith (English): a person who makes tools; a person who creates...

Definitions

  1. a person who makes tools; a person who creates...

Ancestry of “toolsmith”, step by step

toolsmith traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Smith

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSmith(the most common in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand)
2Middle EnglishsmiþAlternative form of smyth
3Middle EnglishsmythA blacksmith; one who works with iron; A...
4Old Englishsmiþsmith
5Proto-West Germanic*smiþcraftsman, smith
6Proto-Germanicsmiþazcraftsman, smith
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmēy-—

via English tool

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoolA mechanical device intended to make a task...
2Middle EnglishtoolA tool, implement, or instrument; A instrument of...
3Old Englishtōltool, implement, instrument
4Proto-Germanictōlątool
5Proto-Indo-Europeandewh₂-to fit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smēy- →