Where does “Schuppenzwergspecht” come from?

Schuppenzwergspecht (German) comes from German Zwergspecht, 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.

Schuppenzwergspecht (German): scaled piculet (Picumnus squamulatus)

Definitions

  1. scaled piculet (Picumnus squamulatus)

Ancestry of “Schuppenzwergspecht”, step by step

Schuppenzwergspecht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zwergspecht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZwergspechtpiculet
2Germanspechtpicid member of the
3Middle High Germanspecht—
4Old High Germanspeht—
5Proto-West Germanicspihtwoodpecker
6Proto-Germanicspihtazwoodpecker
7Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie

via German schüppe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschüppescale keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals
2Middle High Germanschuope—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →