Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)peyk-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

    Root

    *(s)peyk-[1]

    1. name of a bird
      1. woodpecker
      2. magpie

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)peyk- (7 c, 0 e)
    • *peyk-eh₂[1]
      • Proto-Italic: *peikā
        • Latin: pīca
        • Umbrian: peica
    • *peyk-omnos
    • *pik-ós[1]
      • Proto-Italic: *pikos
        • Latin: pīcus (with long -ī- from pīca)
        • Umbrian: peico, peiqu (abl.sg.)
    • *spik-tós
      • Proto-Germanic: *spihtaz, *spehtaz (see there for further descendants)
    Unsorted formations
    • (perhaps) Balto-Slavic:
    • (perhaps) Indo-Iranian:

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “pīcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464
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