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Where does “smiþþe” come from?

smiþþe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic smiþjǭ, from Proto-Germanic smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European smēy-.

Ancestry of “smiþþe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsmiþjǭa smithy, smith's workplace
2Proto-Germanicsmiþazcraftsman, smith
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmēy-—
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