Editing Spade (section)

==Etymology==
English ''spade'' is from [[Old English]] ''{{lang|ang|spadu, spædu}}'' (f.)<ref>{{cite web |title=spade (n.1) |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/spade |website=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref> or ''{{lang|ags|spada}}'' (m.). The same word is found in [[Old Frisian]] ''{{lang|gem|spade}}'' and [[Old Saxon]] ''{{lang|gem|spado}}''. [[High German]] ''{{lang|de|spaten}}'' only appears in [[Early Modern German]], probably loaned from [[Low German]]. In the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway the word is ''spade'' as well. Other Scandinavian forms are in turn loaned from [[German language|German]].
The term may thus not originate in [[Common Germanic]] and appears to be a [[North Sea Germanic]] innovation or loaned. Closely related is [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|σπάθη}} : {{Lang|grc-latn|spáthē}}, whence [[Latin]] ''{{lang|la|[[spatha]]}}''.