Where does “specht” come from?

specht (Middle High German) comes 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.

Ancestry of “specht”, step by step

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

Words derived from “specht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spihtaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic spiht →