Smitt

See also: smitt

English

Proper noun

Smitt (plural Smitts)

1. A surname from Swedish.

German Low German

Etymology

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).

Noun

Smitt m (plural Smidden or Smeedlüüd or Smäädlüüd)

1. smith

Related terms

• smeden
• Smeed
• smäden
• Smääd

 

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)