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

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 (Luserna)
    Mòcheno: schmi'
    Udinese: schmidt, schmit, sghmiid
  - German: Schmied
  - Hunsrik: Schmitt
  - Luxembourgish: Schmadd
  - Vilamovian: śmejt
  - Yiddish: שמיד (shmid)