*spadô

Runic: ᛊᛈᚨᛞᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈspɑ.ðɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

spade

From Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē) (spáthē, ‘blade’), Hittite [script needed] (kaka-) (išpatar, ‘spear’).

*spadō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *spado (Old Dutch)
  - spade (Middle Dutch)
    - spade, spa (Dutch)
*spadō (Proto-West Germanic)
- spada (Old English)
  - spade (Middle English)
    - spád, spáid (Irish)
    - spade, spaid (Scots)
*spadō (Proto-West Germanic)
- spada (Old English)
  - spade (Middle English)
    - spade (English)
      - sipi (Fiji Hindi)
      - spaid (Scottish Gaelic)
*spadō (Proto-West Germanic)
- spada (Old Frisian)
  - spade (North Frisian)
  - Spoade (Saterland Frisian)
  - *spa, *spar, stikelspa, stikelspar (West Frisian)
*spadō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *spato (Old High German)
  - spade, spate (Middle High German)
    - Spaten (German)
    - Spuet (Luxembourgish)
*spadō (Proto-West Germanic)
- spado (Old Saxon)
  - spāde (Middle Low German)
    - Spaa, Spaden (German Low German)
spaði (Old Norse)
- spade (Danish)
- spaði (Icelandic)
- spade (Norwegian)
spaði (Old Norse)
- spaði (Faroese)
  - spaki (Faroese)
spaði (Old Norse)
- spadhi (Old Swedish)
  - spade (Swedish)
járnspaði (Old Norse)
- spade (Danish)
- spaði (Icelandic)
- spade (Norwegian)
járnspaði (Old Norse)
- spaði (Faroese)
  - spaki (Faroese)
járnspaði (Old Norse)
- spadhi (Old Swedish)
  - spade (Swedish)