Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smiþaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*smiþuz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsmi.θɑz/

Noun

*smiþaz m

craftsman, smith

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *smiþaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*smiþaz	smiþōz, smiþōs
vocative	*smiþ	smiþōz, smiþōs
accusative	*smiþą	*smiþanz
genitive	smiþas, smiþis	*smiþǫ̂
dative	*smiþai	*smiþamaz
instrumental	*smiþō	*smiþamiz

Derived terms

*gulþasmiþaz
*smiþjǭ
*smiþōną

Related terms

*gasmīþiją
*smīþō

Descendants

Old English: smiþ
- Middle English: smyth
  - English: smith
  - Scots: smith, smyth
Old Frisian: smith, smeth, smid
- Saterland Frisian: Smid
- West Frisian: smid
Old Saxon: smith
- Middle Low German: smit, smet, smede
  - German Low German: Smidd
    Plautdietsch: Schmett
Old Dutch: *smith
- Middle Dutch: smit
  - Dutch: smid
    - Afrikaans: smid
  - Limburgish: smeid, smieëd
Old High German: smid
- Middle High German: smit
  - Alemannic German: Schmid, schméd, schmét, schmid, schmìd
  - Bavarian: schmidt, schmit, sghmiid
    Cimbrian: smit, smitt
    
    Mòcheno: schmi'
  - German: Schmied
  - Hunsrik: Schmitt
  - Luxembourgish: Schmadd
  - Vilamovian: śmejt
  - Yiddish: שמיד‎ (shmid)
Old Norse: smiðr
- Icelandic: smiður
- Faroese: smiður
- Elfdalian: smið
- Norwegian: smed
- Old Swedish: smiþer
  - Swedish: smed
- Old Danish: [Term?]
  - Danish: smed
Gothic: *𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 (*smiþa), 𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 (aizasmiþa), (< *smiþô)

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