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

Root

*(s)peyk-^[1]

name of a bird
1. woodpecker
2. magpie

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)peyk- (2 c, 0 e)

*peyk-eh₂^[1]
- Proto-Italic: *peikā
  - Latin: pīca
  - Umbrian: peica
*peyk-omnos
- Proto-Italic: *Peikomnos
  - Latin: Pīcumnus
*pik-ós^[1]
- Proto-Italic: *pikos
  - Latin: pīcus (with long -ī- from pīca)
  - Umbrian: peico, peiqu (abl.sg.)
*spik-tós
- Proto-Germanic: *spihtaz, *spehtaz (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- (perhaps) Balto-Slavic:
  - Old Prussian: picle
- (perhaps) Indo-Iranian:
  - Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: पिक (piká)

References

↑ ^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

[DV-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

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