speight

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • From earlier specht, probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin, from Middle Low German specht, from Old Saxon speht, from Proto-West Germanic *spiht, from Proto-Germanic *spihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk-.
  • Cognate with Dutch specht, German Specht, Danish spætte, Latin pīcus.

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