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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