speight

See also: Speight

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier specht (“woodpecker”), probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin, from Middle Low German specht (“wookpecker”), from Old Saxon speht (“woodpecker”), from Proto-Germanic *spihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“a kind of bird, woodpecker, magpie”). Cognate with Dutch specht (“woodpecker”), German Specht (“woodpecker”), Danish spætte (“woodpecker”), Latin pīcus (“woodpecker”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /speɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • Homophone: spate

Noun

speight (plural speights)

  1. A woodpecker.
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