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 edit

Root edit

*(s)peyk-[1]

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

Derived terms edit

  • *peyk-eh₂[1]
    • Proto-Italic: *peikā
  • *peyk-omnos
  • *pik-ós[1]
  • *spik-tós
  • Unsorted formations:
    • (perhaps) Balto-Slavic:
    • (perhaps) Indo-Iranian:

References edit

  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 page464