Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smiþ

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smiþaz.

Noun

*smiþ m

1. craftsman, smith

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*smiþ
Genitive	*smiþas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*smiþ	*smiþō, *smiþōs
Accusative	*smiþ	*smiþā
Genitive	*smiþas	*smiþō
Dative	*smiþē	*smiþum
Instrumental	*smiþu	*smiþum

Derived terms

• *smiþþjā
• *smiþōn

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: Smitt, Smidd, Smedd

      Plautdietsch: Schmett

• Old Dutch: *smith
  • Middle Dutch: smit
    • Dutch: smid
      • Afrikaans: smid
      • Negerhollands: smid
      • → Munsee: shumát
      • → Papiamentu: smet, smid
      • → Sranan Tongo: smeti, smitti
        • → Saramaccan: simítima
      • → Unami: shëmìt, shmìt
    • Limburgish: smeid, smieëd
• Old High German: smid
  • Middle High German: smit
    • Alemannic German: Schmid

      Italian Walser: schméd, schmét, schmid, schmìd

    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: smit, smitt

      Mòcheno: schmi'

      Udinese: schmidt, schmit, sghmiid

    • German: Schmied
    • Hunsrik: Schmitt
    • Luxembourgish: Schmadd
    • Vilamovian: śmejt
    • Yiddish: שמיד (shmid)