Where does “specht” come from?

specht (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch specht, from Old Dutch speht, from Proto-West Germanic spiht, from Proto-Germanic spihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

specht (Dutch): woodpecker, bird of the family Picidae

Definitions

  1. woodpecker, bird of the family Picidae

Ancestry of “specht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchspecht—
2Old Dutchspeht—
3Proto-West Germanicspihtwoodpecker
4Proto-Germanicspihtazwoodpecker
5Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie

Words derived from “specht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spihtaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic spiht →