speight

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Definition of speight in English English dictionary

a woodpecker

A woodpecker, esp. the green woodpecker, Picus viridis

A woodpecker; called also specht, spekt, spight

Turkish pronunciation

speyt

Pronunciation

/ˈspāt/ /ˈspeɪt/

Etymology

() 1598, from earlier specht (1552, “woodpecker”), probably of Middle Dutch or Low German origin, from Middle Low German specht (“wookpecker”), from Old Saxon speht (“woodpecker”), from Proto-Germanic *spiχtaz, *spiχtōn, *spíχa- (“woodpecker”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīk(ʷ)- (“a kind of bird”). Cognate with Dutch specht (“woodpecker”), German Specht (“woodpecker”), Danish spætte (“woodpecker”), Latin pīcus (“woodpecker”), Ancient Greek πῑπώ (pīpoú, “woodpecker”).