- smith (n.)
- Old English smið "one who works in metal" (jewelers as well as blacksmiths), from Proto-Germanic *smithaz "skilled worker" (cf. Old Saxon smith, Old Norse smiðr, Danish smed, Old Frisian smith, Old High German smid, German Schmied, Gothic -smiþa, in aiza-smiþa "coppersmith"), from PIE root *smei- "to carve, cut" (cf. Greek smile "knife, chisel"). Attested as a surname since at least c.975.