Where does “blunderhead” come from?
blunderhead (English) comes from English head, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
blunderhead (English): Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
Definitions
- Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
Ancestry of “blunderhead”, step by step
blunderhead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English head
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English blunder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blunder | A clumsy or embarrassing mistake; A very bad... |
| 2 | Middle English | blundren | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | blunda | to shut the eyes; doze; to shut the eyes; to doze |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blundaz | blond; mixed, blinding |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlendʰ- | to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;... |