English
spaddle
Probably spade + -le, but compare spattle and paddle.
Formed from spade + -le
Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-
Proto-Germanic *spadô
Old English spada
Middle English spade
English spade
The story
Probably spade + -le, but compare spattle and paddle.
Today it means
noun A little spade.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / spaddle