Etymology

Kleinschmidt

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

German klein ← Bavarian schmidt
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The story

  1. Bavarian · derived fromschmidt
  2. German · derived fromklein
  3. English todayKleinschmidt

Possibly from German klein (small) + Bavarian schmidt (smith).

Words from the same roots

Germanklein all →

KleinKleinbergGerman Spitz Klein

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.