Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spiht

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *speht

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spihtaz.

Noun

*spiht m

1. woodpecker

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spiht
Genitive	*spihtas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spiht	*spihtō, *spihtōs
Accusative	*spiht	*spihtā
Genitive	*spihtas	*spihtō
Dative	*spihtē	*spihtum
Instrumental	*spihtu	*spihtum

Descendants

• Old English: *spiht, *speoht
  • Middle English: speght (late)
    • English: speight, specht, spekt, spight
    • Middle Scots: specht
• Old Frisian: *spiāht
  • West Frisian: spjocht, spjucht
  • Saterland Frisian: Spächt
  • North Frisian: specht, spjucht
• Old Saxon: speht
  • Middle Low German: specht
    • Dutch Low Saxon: specht, spechte
    • Plautdietsch: Specht
    • → English: speight, specht, spekt, spight
• Old Dutch: *speht
  • Middle Dutch: specht
    • Dutch: specht
• Old High German: speht
  • Middle High German: spëht, specht, speiht
    • German: Specht
    • Luxembourgish: Spiecht
• → Old French: espec, espoit, espois
  • Middle French: espec, especq
    • French: épeiche
  • → Middle English: spek, spec, speke
    • ⇒ Middle English: wod spek