different between bladesmith vs smith

English

Etymology

blade +? smith

Noun

bladesmith (plural bladesmiths)

1. A maker of knives and swords.

Hypernyms

• smith

Hyponyms

• swordsmith

Derived terms

• bladesmithing

Related terms

• weaponsmith
• blacksmith
• gunsmith

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sm??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ (“handicraftsman, smith, blacksmith, armorer, carpenter, worker in metals or in wood”), from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“arranger, smith”), from Proto-Indo-European *sm?y-, *sm?- (“to cut, hew”). Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, Swedish/Norwegian smed.

Noun

smith (plural smiths)

1. A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
2. (by extension) One who makes anything; wright.
3. (archaic) An artist.

Synonyms

• metalsmith

Derived terms

Related terms

• smiddy
• smithery
• smithy

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English smythen (“to work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); to create, work as a blacksmith”), from Old English smiþian (“to forge, fabricate”), from Proto-Germanic *smiþ?n?. Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden.

Verb

smith (third-person singular simple present smiths, present participle smithing, simple past and past participle smithed)

1. To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

References

• (2 archaic) William Anderson (1863). The Scottish Nation. A. Fullerton & Co.: Edinburgh. Page 479. Accessed 2008-03-04.

Middle English

Noun

smith

1. Alternative form of smyth

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Compare Old Dutch, Old Frisian smith, Old English smiþ, Old High German smid, Old Norse smiðr.

Noun

smith m

1. smith

Descendants

• Middle Low German: smit, smet, smede
  • German Low German: Smidd

    Plautdietsch: Schmett