| Engl. | spot | dot, speck, blot |
| Germ. | spottvogel, spöttel | Jay, 290 |
| Nor. | spette | Great Spotted Woodpecker, 273 |
| Dan. | spaette | id. |
| Engl. | spite | Great Spotted Woodpecker, 273 |
| Franç.: Liège | spité | spotted (animal, bird) |
| Mod.Greek | spitha, spinthis | spark |
| Mod.Greek | spinthirizo | to produce sparks |
| Anc.Greek | spintharis | "ave incendiaria"; faulty translation; prob. a spotted bird bird, cf. the following |
| Ital.: Otr. | spintarèdda | White Wagtail, 313 |
| Ital.: Cal. | pudda spittidata | also spittidi,puddaspittidomedi gallina di vari colori |
| Lith. | spinda | splendour |
| Lith. | spindéti | spark |
| Anc.Greek | spíndalos | a bird resembling attagas |
| Assyr. | spindiloki | Goldfinch, 415 |