Where does “Zwergspecht” come from?

Zwergspecht (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.

Zwergspecht (German): piculet

Definitions

  1. piculet

Ancestry of “Zwergspecht”, step by step

Zwergspecht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German specht

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

via German Zwerg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZwergdwarf; dwarf, midget; gnome
2Middle High Germantwerc—
3Old High Germantwercdwarf
4Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
5Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf

Words derived from “Zwergspecht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →