smith

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɪθ/
• Rhymes: -ɪθ

Etymology 1

From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”).

Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, German Low German Smitt, Danish smed, Faroese smiður, Icelandic smiður, Norwegian Bokmål smed, Norwegian Nynorsk smed, Swedish smed, Yiddish שמיד (shmid).

Noun

smith (plural smiths)

1. 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.
2. (by extension) One who makes anything; wright.
3. (archaic) An artist.

Synonyms

• metalsmith

Derived terms

Related terms

• smiddy
• smithery
• smithy

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English smythen (“to work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); to create, work as a blacksmith”), from Old English smiþian (“to forge, fabricate”), from Proto-West Germanic *smiþōn, from Proto-Germanic *smiþōną. Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden.

Verb

smith (third-person singular simple present smiths, present participle smithing, simple past and past participle smithed)

1. To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

References

• (2 archaic) William Anderson (1863). The Scottish Nation. A. Fullerton & Co.: Edinburgh. Page 479. Accessed 2008-03-04.

Middle English

Noun

smith

1. Alternative form of smyth

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Cognate with Old Dutch smith, Old Frisian smith, Old English smiþ, Old High German smid, Old Norse smiðr.

Noun

smith m

1. smith

Descendants

• Middle Low German: smit, smet, smede
  • German Low German: Smitt, Smidd, Smedd

    Plautdietsch: Schmett