Where does “Waffenschmied” come from?

Waffenschmied (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-.

Waffenschmied (German): weaponsmith, armourer

Definitions

  1. weaponsmith, armourer

Ancestry of “Waffenschmied”, step by step

Waffenschmied 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 waffe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwaffeweapon, arm
2Middle High Germanwāfenweapon
3Old High Germanwāfanweapon
4Proto-West Germanicwāpnweapon
5Proto-Germanicwēpnąweapon
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēbnom—

Words derived from “Waffenschmied”

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