Where does “Grobschmied” come from?

Grobschmied (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-.

Grobschmied (German): blacksmith metalsmith who forges wrought iron or steel

Definitions

  1. blacksmith metalsmith who forges wrought iron or steel

Ancestry of “Grobschmied”, step by step

Grobschmied 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 grob

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangrobcoarse, rough; uncouth, rude, crude
2Old High Germangrobcoarse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smēy- →