smith

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /smɪθ/ Rhymes: -ɪθ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English smeth, smith, smiþ, smið, smyth, smythe, smyþ, smyþe, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smear, spread”). ==== Noun ==== 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. (by extension) One who makes anything; wright. (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) 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 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 smith ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: smit, smet, smede German Low German: Smitt, Smidd, Smedd Plautdietsch: Schmett