From Middle Low German smit, Old Saxon smith, Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Cognate with English smith, Dutch smid, German Schmied, Danish smed, Faroese smiður, Icelandic smiður, Norwegian Bokmål smed, Norwegian Nynorsk smed, Swedish smed, Yiddish שמיד (shmid).