Etymology

Smithey

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Today it means: A surname from Middle English [in turn from Old Norse]. Full definition →

Middle English smythy ← Old Norse smiðja
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromsmiðja“forge”
  2. Middle English · derived fromsmythy
  3. English todaySmithey

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a forge, from Middle English smythy, itself from Old Norse smiðja (“forge”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishsmythy all →

smithy

Old Norsesmiðja all →

smithy

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.