smith

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
2. One who makes anything; wright.
3. An artist.

Verb

To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

Concepts

forgeron

maréchal-ferrant

forgeur

Synonymes

blacksmith

forger

farrier

artisan

metalworker

metallurgist

hammerer

mechanic

🧑‍🔧

wright

elater

hammersmith

ironworker

elaterid beetle

deathwatch

artist

🧑‍🎨

pitman

skipjack

smithy

snapping beetle

worker

bench work

deathwatch beetle

ironsmith

click beetle

elaterid

fitter

forge

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/smɪθ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: smyth

Hérité de ancien anglais: smiþ

Appartenant à néerlandais: smid

Appartenant à allemand: Schmied

Appartenant à danois: smed

Appartenant à féroïen: smiður

Appartenant à islandais: smiður

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: smed

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: smed

Appartenant à suédois: smed

Appartenant à yiddish: שמיד

Hérité de moyen anglais: smythen

Hérité de ancien anglais: smiþian

Appartenant à néerlandais: smeden

Appartenant à allemand: schmieden

In summary

From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English 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).