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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | spādi | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | spēdiz | late |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁-tí-s | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |