Where does “specht” come from?

specht (German) comes 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.

specht (German): picid member of the

Definitions

  1. picid member of the

Ancestry of “specht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspecht—
2Old High Germanspeht—
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- →