English
silversmithing
From silver + smithing.
A compound of silver + smithing
Proto-Germanic *silubrą ‘silver’
Proto-West Germanic *silubr ‘silver’
Old English seolfor ‘silver’
Middle English silver ‘silver’
English silver
Proto-Germanic *smiþaz ‘smith’
Proto-Germanic *smiþōną ‘to forge, fashion’
Old English smiþian ‘to forge: to make skillfully, especially of…’
Middle English smythen ‘to smith metal’
Middle English smethyng
English smithing
Today it means
noun The work of a silversmith; the forging of silver.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / silversmithing