Where does “spade” come from?

spade (Middle High German) comes from Old Saxon spado, from Proto-Germanic spadô, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.

Ancestry of “spade”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spade”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spadô →Every word from Old Saxon spado →
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