Where does “spád” come from?

spád (Irish) comes from Middle English spade, from Old English spadu, from Proto-Germanic spadō, from Proto-Germanic spadô, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.

spád (Irish): spade

Definitions

  1. spade

Ancestry of “spád”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishspadetool for digging, shovel
2Old Englishspaduspade
3Proto-Germanicspadōspade
4Proto-Germanicspadôspade
5Proto-Indo-Europeansph₂-dʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spadô →Every word from Proto-Germanic spadō →