Where does “smiþ” come from?

smiþ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European smēy-.

smiþ (Old English): smith

Definitions

  1. smith

Ancestry of “smiþ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “smiþ”

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