Where does “spiāht” come from?

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

Ancestry of “spiāht”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spiāht”

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