Where does “spætte” come from?

spætte (Danish) comes from Old Norse spætr, from Proto-Germanic spihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

spætte (Danish): woodpecker

Definitions

  1. woodpecker

Ancestry of “spætte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespætrwoodpecker
2Proto-Germanicspihtazwoodpecker
3Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spihtaz →Every word from Old Norse spætr →