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Where does “spado” come from?
spado (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic spadô, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.
Ancestry of “spado”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
spadô
spade
2
Proto-Indo-European
sph₂-dʰ-
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Words derived from “spado”
spade
spâde
spade
spa
spawater
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