Where does “spâde” come from?

spâde (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch spādi, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

Ancestry of “spâde”, step by step

spâde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch spādi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchspādi—
2Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

via Old Dutch spado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchspado—
2Proto-Germanicspadôspade
3Proto-Indo-Europeansph₂-dʰ-—

Words derived from “spâde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s →Every word from Proto-Germanic spēdiz →