Where does “smith” come from?

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

smith (Old Saxon): smith

Definitions

  1. smith

Ancestry of “smith”, step by step

smith traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *smiþ

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

via Germanic *smiþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*smiþ—

Words derived from “smith”

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