Where does “spade” come from?
spade (Middle English) comes from Old English spadu, from Proto-Germanic spadō, from Proto-Germanic spadô, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.
Ancestry of “spade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | spadu | spade |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | spadō | spade |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spadô | spade |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sph₂-dʰ- | — |
Words derived from “spade”