speight
English
/speɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A woodpecker.
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German specht (wookpecker) derived from Old Saxon speht (woodpecker) derived from Proto-Germanic *spihtaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (magpie, woodpecker, a kind of bird, wookpecker).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)peyk-
Gloss
magpie, woodpecker, a kind of bird, wookpecker
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *piccus Latin
- *pīccāre Latin
- Picumnus Latin
- Pīcumnus Latin
- pica Latin
- picus Latin
- pīca Latin
- pīcus Latin
- Buntspecht German
- Goldspecht German
- Grünspecht German
- Mauerspecht German
- Schwarzspecht German
- Specht German
- Spessart German
- ivoorsnavelspecht Dutch, Flemish
- specht Dutch, Flemish
- picar Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)peyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *spihtaz Proto-Germanic
- peto Galician
- specht Middle Dutch
- speht Old High German
- specht Middle High German
- Spiecht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *spiht gmw-pro
- specht Middle Low German
- bekatzòkk Cimbrian
- speht Old Saxon
- *peikā Proto-Italic
- *spiht, *speht Frankish
- pies Cornish