smedja

Swedish

noun

Definitions

a forge, a smith's shop, a smithy

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse smiðja inherited from Proto-Germanic *smiþjǭ.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*smiþjǭ

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

smie Norwegian Bokmål
*smiþjǭ Proto-Germanic
smie Norwegian Nynorsk
smiþþe Old English
smythy Middle English
smiðja Old Norse
smiðja Icelandic
smitta Old High German
smiðja Faroese
smitte Middle High German
Schmëdd Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
*smiththa Old Dutch