Where does “Ränkeschmied” come from?

Ränkeschmied (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-.

Ränkeschmied (German): plotter, schemer

Definitions

  1. plotter, schemer

Ancestry of “Ränkeschmied”, step by step

Ränkeschmied 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 Ranke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRankeA tendril
2Old High German*rank—
3Proto-Germanicwrankiza turning, twisting; a turn, twisting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwreng-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smēy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic smiþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ →