Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spihtaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *spehtaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”).[1]

Noun

*spihtaz m[1]

  1. woodpecker

Inflection

Declension of *spihtaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spihtaz *spihtōz, *spihtōs
vocative *spiht *spihtōz, *spihtōs
accusative *spihtą *spihtanz
genitive *spihtas, *spihtis *spihtǫ̂
dative *spihtai *spihtamaz
instrumental *spihtō *spihtamiz
  • *spehaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *spiht, *speht
    • Old English: *spiht, *speoht
      • Middle English: speght (late)
    • Old Frisian: *spiāht
      • West Frisian: spjocht, spjucht
      • Saterland Frisian: Spächt
      • North Frisian: specht, spjucht
    • Old Saxon: speht
    • Old Dutch: *speht
    • Old High German: speht
    • → Old French: espec, espoit, espois
      • Middle French: espec, especq
      • → Middle English: spek, spec, speke
        • ⇒ Middle English: wod spek
  • Old Norse: spettr, spætr

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*spixtaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 365
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