Where does “spett” come from?

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

spett (Swedish): a wedge point digging bar, an iron-bar lever (heavy and c. 60 inches long, for punching holes in the ground or moving rocks)

Definitions

  1. a wedge point digging bar, an iron-bar lever (heavy and c. 60 inches long, for punching holes in the ground or moving rocks)

Ancestry of “spett”, step by step

spett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse spettr

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

via Old Swedish spet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishspet—
2Middle Low Germanspet—

Words derived from “spett”

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