Where does “Goldschmied” come from?

Goldschmied (German) comes from German schmied, from Middle High German smit, from Old High German smid, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European smēy-.

Goldschmied (German): goldsmith

Definitions

  1. goldsmith

Ancestry of “Goldschmied”, step by step

Goldschmied traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schmied

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschmiedsmith
2Middle High Germansmit—
3Old High Germansmidblacksmith
4Proto-West Germanic*smiþcraftsman, smith
5Proto-Germanicsmiþazcraftsman, smith
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmēy-—

via German gold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangoldgold (chemical element, Au)
2Middle High Germangolt—
3Old High Germangold—
4Proto-West Germanicgolþgold

Words derived from “Goldschmied”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smēy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smiþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ →