English
Smithey
Smithey comes from Middle English smythy ‘smithy’, from Old Norse smiðja ‘forge’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz ‘smith’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*smiþaz‘smith’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*smiþjǭ‘a smithy, smith's workplace’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350smiðja‘forge’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500smythy‘smithy’
- EnglishtodaySmithey
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*smiþaz‘smith’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*smiþjǭ‘a smithy, smith's workplace’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350smiðja‘forge’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500smythy‘smithy’
- EnglishtodaySmithey
The story
Topographic surname for someone who lived near a forge, from Middle English smythy, itself from Old Norse smiðja (‘forge’).
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz
Today it means
name A surname from Middle English [in turn from Old Norse].
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *smiþaz / Smithey