Where does “spade” come from?

spade (Swedish) comes from Old Norse spaði, from Middle Low German spāde, from Old Saxon spado, from Proto-Germanic spadô, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.

spade (Swedish): a spade

Definitions

a spade

Ancestry of “spade”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Norse	spaði	—
2	Middle Low German	spāde	—
3	Old Saxon	spado	—
4	Proto-Germanic	spadô	spade
5	Proto-Indo-European	sph₂-dʰ-	—

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