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Where does “silver smyth” come from?

silver smyth (Middle English) comes from Old English seolforsmiþ, from Proto-Germanic silubrasmiþaz — silversmith.

Ancestry of “silver smyth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishseolforsmiþsilversmith
2Proto-Germanicsilubrasmiþazsilversmith

Words derived from “silver smyth”

  • silversmith
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