Where does “espec” come from?

espec (Old French) comes from Frankish spiht, from Proto-Germanic spihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

Ancestry of “espec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishspihtwoodpecker
2Proto-Germanicspihtazwoodpecker
3Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie

Words derived from “espec”

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