smith

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A worker who shapes metal with a hammer and other tools, especially a blacksmith.

   The village smith spent the day shaping horseshoes at his forge.

2. 2
   verb

   To shape metal by heating it and hammering it, usually on an anvil.

   He learned to smith iron into knives and tools.

3. 3
   name

   A very common English surname that began as a name for someone who worked with metal.

   Mr. Smith has lived on this street for thirty years.

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *smiþaz Proto-West Germanic *smiþ Old English smiþ Middle English smyth English smith 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).

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