speight

See also: Speight

English

Alternative forms

• specht, spekt, spight

Etymology

From earlier specht (“woodpecker”), probably of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.