Where does “sponda” come from?
sponda (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European spond-h₂-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
sponda (Proto-Italic): frame
Ancestry of “sponda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | spond-h₂- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
Words derived from “sponda”