Schmid
English edit
Proper noun edit
Schmid
- A surname from German.
Alemannic German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German smid, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Cognate with German Schmied, Dutch smid, English smith.
Noun edit
Schmid m
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 73.
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German smit, from Old High German smid, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Compare German Schmied, Dutch smid, English smith.
Noun edit
Schmid m
Further reading edit
- Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 31
German edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Schmidt (“smith”), common in Switzerland.
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Schmid m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schmids or (with an article) Schmid, feminine genitive Schmid, plural Schmids)
- a surname originating as an occupation