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Where does “Goldspecht” come from?

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

Goldspecht (German): northern flicker

Definitions

  1. northern flicker

Ancestry of “Goldspecht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspecht—
2Middle High Germanspecht—
3Old High Germanspeht—
4Proto-West Germanicspihtwoodpecker
5Proto-Germanicspihtazwoodpecker
6Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie
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