English

goldsmithy

From gold + smithy.

A compound of gold + smithy

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’

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Proto-Germanic *gulþą ‘gold’

Proto-West Germanic *golþ

Old English gold ‘gold’

Middle English gold ‘gold’

English gold

Proto-Germanic *smiþaz ‘smith’

Proto-Germanic *smiþjǭ ‘a smithy, smith's workplace’

Old Norse smiðja

Middle English smythy

Today it means

noun The smithy of a goldsmith.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / goldsmithy