Where does “*spiht” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*spiht”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*spiht

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