Where does “speht” come from?

speht (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic spiht, from Proto-Germanic spihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

Ancestry of “speht”, step by step

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

Words derived from “speht”

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