Where does “Spoade” come from?
Spoade (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian spada, from Proto-Germanic spadô, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.
Spoade (Saterland Frisian): spade
Ancestry of “Spoade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Frisian | spada | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | spadô | spade |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sph₂-dʰ- | — |