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
- woodpecker, bird of the family Picidae
Ancestry of “specht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | specht | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | speht | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | spiht | woodpecker |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spihtaz | woodpecker |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)peyk- | name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie |