Where does “spade” come from?

spade (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic spadō, from Proto-Germanic spadô, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.

Ancestry of “spade”, step by step

spade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic spadō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspadōspade
2Proto-Germanicspadôspade
3Proto-Indo-Europeansph₂-dʰ-—

via Proto-Germanic spadǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspadǭspade
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spadô →Every word from Proto-Germanic spadō →