Where does “spettr” come from?

spettr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic spihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

Ancestry of “spettr”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spettr”

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