Where does “Spächt” come from?
Spächt (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian spiāht, from Proto-Germanic *spiht, from Proto-Germanic spihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.
Spächt (Saterland Frisian): woodpecker
Ancestry of “Spächt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | spiāht | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *spiht | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spihtaz | woodpecker |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)peyk- | name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie |