Etymology Explorer › Old Saxon

Where does “spado” come from?

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

Ancestry of “spado”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spado”

  • spāde
  • Spaa
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