Where does “spád” come from?

spád (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic *sъpadъ — decline.

spád (Czech): slope, descent, gradient; briskness, snappiness

Definitions

  1. slope, descent, gradient; briskness, snappiness

Ancestry of “spád”, step by step

spád traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic *sъpadъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*sъpadъdecline

via Old Czech spád

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechspád
Every word from Proto-Slavic *sъpadъ