From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian smiete, West Frisian smite, Low German smieten, Dutch smijten, Middle Low German besmitten, German schmeißen, Danish smide, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽.
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