Where does “smit” come from?

smit (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch smith, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European smēy-.

smit (Middle Dutch): smith

Definitions

  1. smith

Ancestry of “smit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsmithsmith
2Proto-West Germanic*smiþcraftsman, smith
3Proto-Germanicsmiþazcraftsman, smith
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmēy-—

Words derived from “smit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smēy- →