spaði
Icelandic
/ˈspaːðɪ/
noun
Definitions
- a small shovel, spade
- paddle
- (sports) paddle or raquet (in tennis, badminton, table tennis, squash, etc.)
- (card games) spades, spade
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse spaði derived from Proto-Germanic *spadô derived from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sph₂-dʰ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- σπάθη Ancient Greek
- *sph₂-dʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *spadô Proto-Germanic
- *spadō Proto-Germanic
- *spadǭ Proto-Germanic
- spade Swedish
- spade Norwegian Nynorsk
- spaði Old Norse
- tennis Icelandic
- tennisspaði Icelandic
- spaði Faroese
- Spuet Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *spado Old Dutch
- spade Middle Low German
- spado Old Saxon