- (s)pī̆ ko-
- (s)pī̆ ko-English meaning: woodpecker, etc..Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘specht and andere größere Vögel”Material: O.Ind. piká- m. “the indische cuckoo”; Lat. pīca “Elster”, pīcus ‘specht”; Umbr. peico “picum” (ei for ī), Ital. VN Pīcentes; with anlaut. s: O.H.G. speh, speht, O.Ice. spǣ tr, Nor. spett(a), Swe. spett, Dan. spætte ‘specht”; O.Pruss. picle “Krammetsvogel”.References: WP. II 681, WH. II 580, H. Rix Bz.Nf. 2, 237 ff.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.