smith
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English smith, from Old English smiþ (“handicraftsman, smith, blacksmith, armorer, carpenter, worker in metals or in wood”), from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“arranger, smith”), from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”). Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, Swedish/Norwegian smed.
Noun [edit]
smith (plural smiths)
- A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
- (archaic) An artist.
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Hyponyms [edit]
- ironsmith, blacksmith
- platinumsmith
- silversmith
- tinsmith, whitesmith
- goldsmith
- weaponsmith, swordsmith
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English smithen (“To work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); create, to work as a blacksmith”), from Old English smiþian (“to forge, fabricate”). Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden, from Proto-Germanic *smiþōnan.
Verb [edit]
smith (third-person singular simple present smiths, present participle smithing, simple past and past participle smithed)
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References [edit]
- (2 archaic) William Anderson (1863). The Scottish Nation. A. Fullerton & Co.: Edinburgh. Page 479. Accessed 2008-03-04.
Old Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian smith, Old English smiþ, Old High German smid, Old Norse smiðr.
Noun [edit]
smith m
Descendants [edit]
Old Saxon [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Compare Old Dutch, Old Frisian smith, Old English smiþ, Old High German smid, Old Norse smiðr.
Noun [edit]
smith m
Descendants [edit]
- Low German: Smid
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English archaic terms
- English verbs
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- Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Dutch nouns
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon nouns