Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smiþaz

Etymology
Likely related to, , but the origin is. Possibly from, if the root is cognate with 🇨🇬, but this comes with formal difficulties and the similarity may well be coincidental. For the semantics, Orel compares versus —though their connection is also disputed—and assumes an intermediate meaning “to dip [metal] into liquid”. Per Kroonen, the suffix may be an agentive tu-stem (see and ), but no further etymology is given.

Noun

 * 1)  craftsman, smith