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
Ancestry of “spád”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | spade | — |
| 2 | Old English | spadu | spade |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spadō | spade |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spadô | spade |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sph₂-dʰ- | — |